Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Third Report - Impact of COVID-19 on DC…
Deferred
Football must also become more representative. The fact that no Premier League club and virtually no English Football League club has a black owner, Chair or chief executive, is a fundamental inequality at the heart of the game. We do not believe that the voluntary initiative proposed by the FA …
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Football must also become more representative. The fact that no Premier League club and virtually no English Football League club has a black owner, Chair or chief executive, is a fundamental inequality at the heart of the game. We do not believe that the voluntary initiative proposed by the FA will motivate clubs to act with sufficient speed. Instead, we recommend that DCMS revises the Code for Sport Governance, adding targets for BAME representation on boards. We also wish to record our dismay at the slow progress in kicking out homophobia from football. It is crucial that everyone involved in the game is clear about the remaining barriers to players coming out. The Covid-19 crisis is an opportunity to improve a number of areas within football, and to this end we will continue to pursue opportunities in this Parliament to introduce legislation outlawing homophobic chanting at matches.
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Government response AI summary
The government announced a joint review of the Code for Sports Governance, which will examine areas including equality, diversity, and inclusion on boards, but did not commit to adding specific BAME targets. The response did not address the recommendation regarding homophobia in football or the …
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation
Third Report - Impact of COVID-19 on DC…
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Since lockdown began, we and many others in the cultural sector have been warning DCMS about the challenges of resuming live performance. The £1.57 billion of support from Government will only tide the cultural sector over for so long and will not be sufficient to compensate for a loss of …
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Since lockdown began, we and many others in the cultural sector have been warning DCMS about the challenges of resuming live performance. The £1.57 billion of support from Government will only tide the cultural sector over for so long and will not be sufficient to compensate for a loss of the Christmas season. The Cultural Renewal Taskforce has been slow to demonstrate meaningful progress. The fact it was only established two months after lockdown means valuable planning time for the return of live performance has been lost. Moreover, telling venues they can reopen with just a few days’ or weeks’ notice does not address the lead times for performance, the challenges of social distancing or the concerns about audience behaviours. To provide more certainty and allow for forward planning the Government should, no later than 1 August, publish ‘no earlier than’ dates for stage 5 of its plan to reopen performing arts venues.
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Government response AI summary
The government acknowledged the importance of clarity for Stage 5 reopening but stated that further reopening depends on the public health context, without providing dates. They are instead convening a steering group to develop an action plan to enable fuller audiences as soon as possible.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation
Third Report - Impact of COVID-19 on DC…
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International tourism to the UK had halved by April 2020 and has continued to decline. Visitor attractions, including museums and galleries, are being hit hard as a result. Not only are these organisations facing an end to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in October, they have also largely depleted their …
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International tourism to the UK had halved by April 2020 and has continued to decline. Visitor attractions, including museums and galleries, are being hit hard as a result. Not only are these organisations facing an end to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in October, they have also largely depleted their financial reserves and are looking at the prospect of only being able to open at a reduced capacity with social distancing measures in place. Losing these important spaces, and the valuable collections they hold, would be a significant loss to our cultural identity. To secure collections at risk from museum insolvencies, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport should introduce a temporary change to legislation to ensure that if an accredited museum becomes insolvent as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the institution’s collections cannot be liquidated for financial assets for the first 12 months.
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Government response AI summary
The government acknowledges the risk of museum insolvencies and the potential loss of collections, stating it is 'looking at legislative, and non-legislative, options' to prevent their dispersal. This indicates consideration of the issue but does not commit to introducing the specific temporary legislative change recommended.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation
Third Report - Impact of COVID-19 on DC…
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While we welcome Ofcom’s focus on affordability of broadband services, and the measures introduced across the telecoms industry to make websites and mobile data available to those who need it during the Covid-19 outbreak, more needs to be done to support all those experiencing data poverty, and particularly pay-as-you-go users. …
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While we welcome Ofcom’s focus on affordability of broadband services, and the measures introduced across the telecoms industry to make websites and mobile data available to those who need it during the Covid-19 outbreak, more needs to be done to support all those experiencing data poverty, and particularly pay-as-you-go users. The Government and Ofcom should work with telecommunications companies to facilitate data gifting and wi-fi sharing. Ofcom’s work on affordability of internet connectivity should also tackle the poverty premium associated with pay-as-you-go mobile services. (Paragraph 109) Impact of COVID-19 on DCMS sectors: First Report 61
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Government response AI summary
The government highlights existing social tariffs, industry measures during COVID-19, and Ofcom's guidance to support vulnerable consumers. It states Ofcom is undertaking research on affordability and will publish a review to inform future interventions, deferring specific action on data gifting, wi-fi sharing, or tackling the …
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport