We are grateful to Patrick Hurley, MP for Stockport for asking the following question to Sir Chris Bryant, Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, in Parliament after attending the IVC launch earlier that week;

“Does the Minister agree with me that such innovative thinking is beneficial to health and well-being to the arts sector more generally and town centre renewal and what support can they offer to see such schemes rolled out nationwide?”

Sir Chris responded by saying “All I really want to say is Yes, because I agree with everything that he says”

We are looking forward to following up with the Minister to see what that support will be and to Patrick for speaking with us straight after the launch, about how he can support in his constituency.