The speech, on the contribution of the creative industries to exports and how the Government can support the sector on a global scale, will take place at Sony Music and will be followed by a performance by Paloma Faith.

Hall will say: "The UK's creative businesses are absolute world-beaters. A British artist has topped the global bestseller list in four of the last five years thanks to Adele, Coldplay, Susan Boyle and Amy Winehouse. Downtown Abbey is a global tour-de-force, ...