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<p><del class="ministerial">In negotiations with the EU, the UK proposed expanding
a list of activities for Short Term Business Visitors to cover musicians, artists
and their accompanying staff. This would have enabled musicians, artists and support
staff to tour and perform in the EU without needing work-permits. I deeply regret
that the EU rejected our proposals.There is scope to return to this issue in the future
should the EU change its mind.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">UK performers
and artists are of course still able to tour and perform in the EU, and vice versa.
However, they will be required to check domestic immigration rules for each Member
State in which they intend to tour. This is because, while some Member States may
allow paid performances without a visa or work permit, others will require musicians,
artists and other creative professionals to obtain a visa or work permit, in the same
way that they are required for other international artists.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The
Government is looking at how we can work with our partners in EU Member States to
find ways to make life easier for the creative industries touring in the EU.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">We understand the concerns of the sector regarding the new arrangements
and we are committed to supporting them as they get to grips with the changes to systems
and processes. The DCMS-led working group on creative and cultural touring, which
involves sector representatives and other key government departments, is looking at
the issues and options to help the sectors resume touring with ease as soon as it
is safe to do so.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Protecting children
is at the heart of our online harms agenda, and wider government priorities. Under
our proposals, social media, websites, apps and other services which host user-generated
content or facilitate online user interaction (including video and image sharing,
commenting and live streaming) will be subject to a duty of care, giving them new
responsibilities towards their users. The online harms regime will capture both the
most visited pornography sites and pornography on social media, therefore covering
the vast majority of sites where children are most likely to be exposed to pornography.</ins></p><p>
</p><p><ins class="ministerial">We expect companies to use age assurance or age verification
technologies to prevent children from accessing services which pose the highest risk
of harm to children, such as online pornography. We are working closely with stakeholders
across industry to establish the right conditions for the market to deliver age assurance
and age verification technical solutions ahead of the legislative requirements coming
into force.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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