...or, the bit of the British government most interested in the creative industries, which, as far as we're concerned, means games.

The Secretary Of State of C,M&S is in charge of the department- currently this is James Purnell, in our Labour government.

Traditionally, the party that comes second in the general election forms a "shadow cabinet", or issues its MPs with the roles they [i]would[/i] be taking on if they were in power. For the Conservative party, that's [url=http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/jeremy_hunt/south_west_surrey]Jeremy Hunt[/url].

To that extent, this thread will cover the actions of the DCMS as one, rather than having one thread for each secretary.

Today, Hunt recieved a written answer to his question about how much of the Treasury's £150million R&D budget has been allocated to the games industry.

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