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HANSARDFootball Clubs: Financial SustainabilityBoth the Sport Minister and I meet every premier league club and Premier League executives on a regular basis, and we have a very constructive relationship with them, including on…27 Feb 2025HANSARDFootball Clubs: Financial SustainabilityWe are proud to have introduced the Football Governance Bill, which will establish an independent football regulator to protect the financial sustainability of English football…27 Feb 2025HANSARDVideo Games Industry: Gross Value AddedThe hon. Lady will know that there has been a global slowdown in the video games industry as a whole. That is one of the reasons why we have stepped up to provide additional…27 Feb 2025HANSARDVideo Games Industry: Gross Value AddedWe recognise the recent challenges for the industry, and we are continuing our support with the video games expenditure credit, providing £5.5 million for the UK games fund next…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can answer the hon. Gentleman’s question directly: I agree with the Sports Minister. We have absolutely no plans whatsoever to ban greyhound racing. We appreciate the joy it…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageI have been absolutely clear with this House that I think the BBC has serious questions to answer. The director general was very clear with me earlier this week that it has…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageThe views that the hon. Gentleman has expressed show what a contested and difficult area this is to report on. While this Government believe it is essential that we shine a…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageThe hon. Gentleman is right that there are valid questions to answer. The BBC is a treasured national broadcaster; it plays an important role in our public life and, indeed, in…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageOf course I agree with the hon. Gentleman that children cannot be held responsible for relationships that they have but, to be clear, if the child in question is related to senior…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageThe hon. Member makes an important point, which I do not think anybody has made yet in this debate, which is that we expect more from the BBC, because it is our treasured national…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageThe hon. Member will have heard that I raised a number of issues around this particular documentary and the reporting of this conflict more generally when I met the BBC director…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsHaving been through my own club, Wigan Athletic, going into administration in recent years, my heart absolutely goes out to my hon. Friend and all the fans working together to try…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe would be happy to look at the hon. Gentleman’s specific case, if he wants to supply the Department with details. The maximum of two interventions is an important principle to…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe were astonished when we took office back in July to discover that there was no national youth strategy to help shape and grip the challenges facing a generation. We are…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I say how grateful I am to my hon. Friend for his support not just for his local club, but for the Football Governance Bill that this Government have introduced? The Bill will…27 Feb 2025HANSARD Gaza: BBC CoverageEnsuring that no money has fallen into the hands of Hamas is the duty of all of us. The last Government were very clear about that in relation to the aid budget, and we are very…27 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the House last met, we have been delighted to announce £270 million of funding to breathe life into our arts, culture and heritage institutions across the country. We have…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative IndustriesAll I can say is that the hon. Member is lucky that I am answering this question, not my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda and Ogmore, or we would be here for several hours. My…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative IndustriesI can tell the shadow Secretary of State that I and my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda and Ogmore (Chris Bryant), who is also a joint Minister in the Department for Science,…27 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative IndustriesWe are in touch with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure that we are absolutely joined up in our approach. Earlier this week, I met mayors from…27 Feb 2025