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HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI fundamentally agree with the hon. Member.20 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI have been extremely concerned to hear examples from the Jewish community in addition to the specific instance that we are talking about, with Jewish film directors having their…20 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI am really happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. I thank him for the work he has done over many years, and not just on Hillsborough but on football as a whole.20 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanI would say that it is all of our duty to ensure that we live up to that as a country, and in the vast majority of cases we do. I also make the point to those who say that it is…20 Oct 2025HANSARDYouth Services: Deprived CommunitiesWe have heard concerns from across the House on this issue, and the Youth Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley South (Stephanie Peacock), would be happy to meet with…16 Oct 2025HANSARDYouth Services: Deprived CommunitiesThis Government are co-producing a national youth strategy—the first in decades—to bring power back to young people, no matter who they are or where they live. I am really proud…16 Oct 2025HANSARDCreative CopyrightThe Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and I have been working with representatives from the creative industries and major tech companies to ensure that we…16 Oct 2025HANSARDCreative CopyrightI really appreciate the urgency of this issue. The example of Daisy from the hon. Member’s constituency is similar to examples from many other Members. As a Labour Government, we…16 Oct 2025HANSARDYouth Services: Deprived CommunitiesWe had to take the difficult decision to focus the better youth spaces funding on organisations whose main aim is supporting young people. My hon. Friend is right to point to the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDYouth Services: Deprived CommunitiesFirst of all, I welcome the shadow Secretary of State to his place and thank him for the very constructive way that he engaged with colleagues from across the House as Sports…16 Oct 2025HANSARDCreative CopyrightI am happy to give the hon. Gentleman that assurance: that is not the Government’s intention. He says that there has been a “haphazard approach”. Actually, no country in the world…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesIt was a real pleasure, with the Prime Minister, to meet the Lionesses before they went off and then on to victory in the Euros. We have been working closely with rugby football…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesI thank the hon. Member, as always, for raising an issue that has been raised with both me and the Minister for Sport. We are working with UK Sport to try to resolve it. Of course…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesI absolutely recognise the point about fairness and safety, and I have had representations and conversations with many women athletes and competitors since taking office. Of…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesWe believe in the power of grassroots sport, which is why we announced investment of £400 million in future grassroots facilities. But we are going further than that and insisting…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGrassroots Sports FacilitiesI thank my hon. Friend for being an outstanding champion for sport in his community. I would encourage Penrice school and others who have similar challenges to approach the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince we last met, the Football Governance Act 2025 has become law. The Independent Football Regulator now has a chair, a chief executive and a board, and it is wasting no time in…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his work in supporting not just local journalism but local journalists. They are an essential part of our democracy, and it was not lost on me that…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Member for his warm words. However, it takes some brass neck to represent a political party in this Chamber that in recent memory crashed the economy and left…16 Oct 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a former member of a Select Committee that the right hon. Gentleman chaired, I am acutely aware that he is always right. I have been pleased to work with the Lawn Tennis…16 Oct 2025