PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arts: Immigration Controls (20 January 2021)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the economic effect of immigration restrictions on EU-based creative workers.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

The Government recognises the importance of the UK’s and EU’s thriving cultural industries. This is why, during our recent negotiations with the EU, we pushed for ambitious arrangements for performers and artists to be able to travel without needing work-permits.

Our proposals were developed in consultation with the UK’s creative industries and would have allowed musicians and performers to travel and perform more easily in the EU and vice versa, however, these proposals were rejected by the EU.

Answered by:
Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Conservative)
25 January 2021