Baroness Twycross
The Baroness Twycross
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 7 November 2022
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Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
That the Order laid before the House on 26 June be approved.
Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee
View full contribution →Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
My understanding is that they already can, on the basis of the Act. I do not have the detail that the noble Lord has asked for, but I have been told d...
We have the regulations before us. I cannot be more explicit than I have already been.
To continue, investment by single or multiple state-owned in...
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Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025
21/07/2025 • Lords
That the draft Order laid before the House on 26 June be approved.
Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Commi...
Newspapers: Foreign Ownership
15/07/2025 • Lords
I would find it very difficult to disagree with my noble friend.
The noble Lord makes many points that sound entirely reasonable. We are clear that we need serious investment in our media and we hope that the certai...
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Parthenon Sculptures: Return
15/07/2025 • Lords
We do not have any current plans to change the legislation. The noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, talked about loans. In many cases these artefacts can be l...
The UK and Greece have a strong bilateral relationship, built on shared values and history, and we greatly value the friendship that exists between ou...
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Football Governance Bill [HL]
14/07/2025 • Lords
That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 2 to 62.
Appreciating the noble Lord’s point, I can confirm that UEFA is content with the Bill as it stands.
I am going to return to the question from the n...
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Artificial Intelligence: News Media
06/07/2025 • Lords
I agree that getting it right too late would be an issue, but we need to work through all the consultation responses properly. In preparation for this...
Absolutely.
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UK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)
03/07/2025 • Lords
If the noble and learned Lord were able to wind up shortly—
Arts Sector
29/06/2025 • Lords
DCMS has secured £8.2 billion over the next spending review, and we will invest almost £3 billion in capital funding over the next four years—that is ...
DCMS is not suggesting that there should be one source of funding and that the arts’ only source of funding should be public funding—a mixed economy i...
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Live Music Industry: Support
22/06/2025 • Lords
I thank my noble friend for allowing me again to draw attention to the fact that the department has today published its Creative Industries Sector...
On the business rates question, I will throw back to the noble Lord this Government’s fiscal inheritance. We recognise that grass-roots venues have fa...
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