SOUTH ASIAN ARTS

That this House notes with deep concern the impact that the Arts Council cuts of £500,000 in respect of the Watermans Arts Centre and £170,000 in respect of Tara Arts will have on the increasingly popular and blossoming South Asian arts scene; fears that the Watermans may not now see a new Parminder Nagra or Tara Arts see another Natinder Verma; and calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to use his best endeavours to protect the South Asian arts that are such a vital component of UK artistic life.