ARTS FUNDING DECISIONS

Early day motion 738, tabled 21 January 2008 by Janet Anderson (Labour). Signed by 47 members.

That this House welcomes the McMaster Review on supporting excellence in the arts; is pleased that the report identifies the need for professional judgement and increased involvement of artists and practitioners in decision-making; supports the rejection of top-down targets and crude box-ticking in reaching funding decisions; notes the particular concern of arts practitioners about the current process of determining funding decisions; and believes that there should be a thorough independent review of how Arts Council England operates to enable artists to have confidence in the way in which the arts is judged and funded.

Signatures by party: Labour 25, Liberal Democrat 13, Conservative 5, DUP 1, Independent 1, Respect 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.