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HANSARDFootball Index CollapseThe Gambling Commission has revoked BetIndex’s operating licence and senior members of that company have surrendered their personal management licences. The Gambling Commission…18 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Member for his question. We are taking this very seriously. As I said on an earlier question, a detailed review by a QC is being conducted already to make sure…18 Nov 2021HANSARDHorse RacingI agree entirely about the importance of horse racing to the UK, both economically and more generally. As I have said, the levy contributed £97 million in the year before the…18 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI broadly agree with many of the sentiments that the hon. Gentleman has just expressed. I agree that racist abuse of the kind suffered by Azeem Rafiq is certainly not banter. It…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketDiversity and inclusion run through the entire ethos of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s interaction with sporting bodies and the way it funds sport, from…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketWe always talk to Administrations around the whole United Kingdom, but I assure the hon. Gentleman that this Government’s commitment to stamping out racism in cricket, in sport…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketIn relation specifically to football, in response to what happened last summer, the scope of football banning orders was extended to cover not just racist abuse happening in…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketThe hon. Gentleman is quite right to point to grassroots sport as the place where everything starts and the place where culture is set. I think the person he should meet is the…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketWhen we saw the racist abuse suffered by those footballers in the final of the European championships at Wembley back in the summer, there was universal condemnation of it. It was…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI wholeheartedly agree with the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Solihull (Julian Knight),Select Committee Chairman’. On the question of the report, the Government…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI agree with everything that my hon. Friend has said. That language is clearly not banter. Those who used it should face consequences, and those who tolerated it, condoned it and…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI think we should avoid making party political points on an occasion such as this. We should be standing together, as we have been doing, to resolutely condemn racism and to…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI associate myself with the characteristically wise words of my hon. Friend the Father of the House. I agree that we need to stand together, across the whole House, in combating…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketFurther to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the shadow Secretary of State for her point of order. As I said at the beginning, I am covering today’s debate for the…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI agree with the hon. Gentleman that where players are found to have committed acts of racism, they should suffer consequences; a mere slap on the wrist or admonishment is clearly…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketAs I said, the independent commission for equity in cricket, chaired by a highly respected anti-racism campaigner, is going into exactly those issues and I am sure it will be…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI agree with my hon. Friend that the failings at Yorkshire county cricket club are deep and have been long-lasting. Of the people responsible, I think some have resigned already,…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI am appearing here this afternoon in place of the Minister for sport—the Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston)—who is in…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketThe question about encouraging participation is a good one. My colleague the sports Minister, who deals with this on a day-to-day basis, in his dealings with various…09 Nov 2021HANSARD Racism in CricketI shall try to respond briefly to those further questions from the hon. Gentleman. I entirely agree that the conduct of Yorkshire county cricket club in trying to brush this…09 Nov 2021