Harriet Harman – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harriet Harman on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on UK creative industries.

Mr Edward Vaizey

A majority of EU Member States opposed including the audiovisual sector, including the creative industries, in TTIP, and is it not currently included in the EU negotiating mandate. However, overall TTIP has the potential to be the largest bilateral trade agreement in the world so it is clear it would bring significant economic benefits to the UK in terms of jobs and growth, as independent analysis has suggested.