Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeLetter from Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister to the Chair

Thank you for your letter of 19 March regarding the Global Repertoire Database (GRD). I have also received and replied to a letter from the Global Repertoire Database (GRD) Working Group in which they ask for support from the UK Government to locate the GRD’s headquarters and operational base in London.

I understand that your letter was also sent to Vince Cable and Maria Miller and that they have replied expressing their and this Government’s strong support for this proposal. These are sentiments with which I very much agree. It is a pleasure to see industry working together proactively to make the licensing of music easier for both businesses and consumers.

I am copying this letter to Maria Miller, Ed Vaizey, Vince Cable and Lord Younger.

11 April 2013