Lord C-J on Startups: Financing getting better but major skills gaps

Here is what I said in the Queen's Speech Debate about Start Ups in  the Creative and Tech Industries and how we can partner with Chinese creative industries.

In many respects the Queen’s Speech is to be welcomed, precisely for the fact that it does not contain a huge amount of new legislation. None the less, I welcome the carryover of the Consumer Rights Bill and the Deregulation Bill. Curiously, I note for the aspiring statesmen among us that it will, among other things, make statues easier to erect. I do not know whether your Lordships noticed that.

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