Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 29
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The Cultural Renewal Taskforce and working groups demonstrate a worrying lack of diversity of representation.
Conclusion
The Cultural Renewal Taskforce and working groups demonstrate a worrying lack of diversity of representation. To ensure that sectors remain accessible to all as they reopen, it is essential that all decisions and proposals by the Cultural Renewal Taskforce and its working groups are accompanied by full equality impact assessments and monitoring.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
DCMS sectors and have a diverse makeup. For example one of the largest working groups, the Entertainment and Events working group, contains representatives from across a broad range of entertainment venues and settings such as concert halls, festivals and cinemas.4 It also includes unions to reflect the views of those working within the sectors and representatives from production services to reflect the concerns of the entire supply chain. The Youth working group consists of direct delivery groups, national youth organisations, other government departments at a national and local level, as well as young people, including young people from a black and minority ethnic background. Working group members continue to represent the views of their membership base, such as UK Youth, Scouts, Youth United Foundation, which are composed of thousands of organisations across the sector. Additionally, Government departments, including DCMS, undertake analysis of the impacts of regulatory changes and easements to enable Ministers to fulfil the requirements placed on them by the Public Sector Equality Duty as set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and consider the equality impact when making decisions.