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It鈥檚 great to be here at this iconic venue, which has attracted the cream of creative talent for years - Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Rolling Stones.

So it is the perfect venue to be celebrating the creative industries, which contribute over 拢90 billion to the UK economy every year.

And it鈥檚 great that this is a combination of initiatives between Government and the industries as a whole.

I was just on the Today programme, talking about this launch today and the first question I was asked was 鈥淲hy do we need Government to help an industry to grow?鈥�

I said that at the core of our Industrial Strategy is the insight that if we in Government get alongside industry, in a sensible way, where we don鈥檛 get in the way but we help to underpin them, then we can all do better together.

And it鈥檚 Greg Clark鈥檚 insight, in this modern Industrial Strategy, that the way to do that is through individual sector deals. Where we don鈥檛 say what we think ought to happen, and we don鈥檛 say 鈥淗ere is the Government funding鈥�, we say 鈥淲hat can we do together?鈥�.

And we challenge you. And we say 鈥淏etween us, what rules do we need to change and what expert investment can we bring to bear?鈥�

I want to pay tribute, very directly, to Greg鈥檚 leadership on this. Because his insight that we must do this together, even though that鈥檚 not the traditional way of how Government operates, has been absolutely core to its success.

So for instance we have Josh here from Warner Brothers, breaking ground on two new sound stages at Leavesden, just one example of the Government and the private sector making things better.

This is about making sure our creative industries are successful right across the UK.

Whether it鈥檚 making the agreement with Channel 4 to have a new National HQ outside London, or building on the success of the BBC鈥檚 move to Salford, we want to make sure that the benefits of our creative industries are shared right across the country.

The new Cultural Development Fund will allow towns and cities to bid for a share of 拢20 million, specifically where we know that cultural investment and cultural institutions strengthen communities and strengthen local economies.

We鈥檝e seen the transformative impact this investment can have. For example, in the Bristol Temple Quarter, Government funding got it going but it has delivered thousands of jobs - far in excess of what Government funding could have done on its own.

And in today鈥檚 Strategy, we鈥檝e also announced that the British Business Bank is setting out a major commercial investment programme to unlock finance for IP-rich small businesses outside London and the South East.

But this extra money is no use if it can鈥檛 be accessed. So we鈥檙e also announcing support for new business support for high-growth creative firms.

And this will in turn create jobs. And we can鈥檛 do all this without a diverse mix of talented people to fill them.

We don鈥檛 want organisations limiting themselves to a smaller pond of talent or input, because then they鈥檙e missing out and can鈥檛 possibly reflect, represent or serve the country as a whole.

Now right after this event, I鈥檓 going to the DCMS Diversity Forum at Abbey Road Studios, which was set up to share best practice and find ways to solve some of the issues that exist around promoting diversity.

So it seems a fitting moment to announce that two million pounds of support will be made available through the Deal, to encourage a more diverse intake of talent and a greater number of routes into the creative industries, which is something that we really care about and where more needs to be done.

It鈥檚 also, of course, about us having the right environment for creative firms to show that the UK is a place where they can flourish and where they will get value for what they produce.

Anybody who knows me knows that I care deeply about this. Property rights underpin a strong and healthy market economy, and in the twenty-first century intellectual property rights underpin a strong market economy. And that is more important in the creative industries than anywhere else.

Because it鈥檚 making sure that the creativity can be paid for is, of course, really critical to making sure that you can produce more of it.

So in the Deal we set out measures to strengthen further intellectual property rights. As technology advances, the property that really matters is the ideas, the designs, the art and the concepts.

And so the Deal includes 拢2 million towards 鈥楪et it Right鈥� campaign to tackle online piracy and educate consumers on the value of copyright.

And also a crackdown on copyright infringement. Last year, we brokered a code between main search engines and the industry to reduce the prominence of illegal sites. I want to pay tribute to everybody from both sides who worked on that.

Now we want to work with rights holders and platforms, towards a similar approach to online advertising, social media, and online marketplaces.

And the measures in this Sector Deal will strengthen our world-leading creative industries, to make sure that we can thrive both here and around the world.

There is one final thing I want to say. This is not a document, it is a process.

This is only the beginning. We want to build on it and the make the deal even more ambitious over time. Because our creative industries show our country at its best.

And as the Minister not just for Culture but also for Digital, I know that ensuring we have the jobs of the future is really critical.

You can鈥檛 get a machine to write a play, or to direct a film. And you can鈥檛 code empathy and creativity, and that鈥檚 what lies at the heart of everything you do.

So this is the industry of the future, and that鈥檚 why we鈥檙e going to back it every step of the way.