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<p>I have met with Heads of Mission to enlist their support, and Embassies have now
had discussions with every Member State.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have established
some touring activities are possible without needing visas or work permits in at least
17 out of 27 Member States. This includes France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark
and many more. And we are now working closely with individual Member States to encourage
them to adopt a more flexible approach, in line with the UK’s own rules which allow
creative professionals to tour easily here. As part of this, the Secretary of State
for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and I, are speaking to our ministerial counterparts
in a number of key Member States about the importance of touring.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We
have already raised the importance of touring during bilateral meetings with ministerial
counterparts in Portugal, Austria and the Netherlands as well as the Belgian and Slovenian
ambassadors to the UK. We are also arranging conversations with counterparts in other
key member states such as Spain, Italy, France and Germany.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As
conversations are ongoing, it would not be appropriate to share details of these discussions
at this time.</p><p> </p>
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