The job of the Government and the Minister is to provide structures and finance and I hope that the Bill will contribute to a situation where the arts bureaucracy, arts organisations, the Minister and the Department can bridge the gaps between them. In closing those gaps it is important to remember that artistic independence is important. It is a paradox that without both support and independence – though obviously within very wide limits – no great art would have been produced in the past. From observing him for many years, I am aware that the Minister is far too sensible and pragmatic to get himself involved in great cultural wars.