The Earl of Clancarty

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for the UK's intellectual property framework of a free trade deal with the United States.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for the UK's intellectual property framework of joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to support Articles 14–16 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market which contain provisions to improve rights for authors, poets, scriptwriters and other writers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to bring VAT on digital publications in line with printed books following the EU's decision to allow all member states to give e-books and audiobooks the same VAT-free status as printed books.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 17 January (HL Deb, col 322), what their evidence base is for the assertion that “in primary schools, broadly the same amount of time is spent teaching arts as is spent teac...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hours per week foundation subjects have been taught in primary schools in each year since 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many publicly funded schools have had specialist teachers for (1) music, (2) drama, (3) art, and (4) mathematics in each year since 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 17 January (HL Deb, col 321) which stated that they “clearly need to prioritise our bursaries budget so that we can incentivise applications in subjects where it is hardest ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure ongoing equivalent funding for literary translation after the current Creative Europe funding scheme comes to an end in 2020.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 16 July ( HL Deb, col 1126) that "current evidence suggests that while players see the two types of lottery as distinct, there is little danger of product substituti...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Education plans to provide a website that will allow schools to advertise staff vacancies for free.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether data transferred from local authorities to the Department for Education (DfE) in the Alternative Provision census is named data; and if so, what regions in the UK such transfers to the DfE applies to; and why the tr...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what data items will be transferred from local authorities to the Department for Education in the 2018 Alternative Provision census; and of those data items which (1) are optional and may be refused by parents, and (2) may ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether parents and children will be personally informed of the transfer of personal data from local authorities to the Department for Education in the Alternative Provision census from 18 January 2018.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether parents and children have been asked for personal written consent for the transfer of personal data from local authorities to the Department for Education in the Alternative Provision census; or will be asked for su...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Digital on 12 September (HC9406), what roundtable discussions the Secretary of State has had with creators and performers in the arts in the last six months; with w...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ratify the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage; and if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to ratify (1) the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, and (2) the Protocols to that Convention of 1954 and 1999, as enabled by the Cultural Property (...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in renegotiating their agreement with the Copyright Licensing Agency; and in doing so, what consideration is being given to providing efficiencies to the public purse, through means such as obta...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to encourage government departments to adhere to copyright licensing rules.