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HANSARD2022 Commonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be the biggest sporting event ever held in the west midlands. Last week the Government announced that the region would benefit from…04 Jul 2019HANSARD2022 Commonwealth GamesThe available training venues are currently being reviewed. I understand that there has already been an initial meeting with representatives of the British judo Centre of…04 Jul 2019HANSARD2022 Commonwealth GamesThe hon. Gentleman has made an important point about the joy that will be felt not only in the west midlands but in the whole of our country. We should bear in mind the economic…04 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this point, because it is so important. Nobody walks around with an arrow on their head saying that they are lonely. There are times in our life…04 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for raising this issue. She and I share a great passion for getting and keeping our young people active. I hope to announce the school sports action plan,…04 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be happy to meet the hon. Lady. Sport England is active in communities to ensure that nobody is barred from getting involved in sport, and swimming is crucial as we come…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Gambling Levy: Online Gambling and Greyhound RacingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) on securing this debate and on giving us a chance to speak about the breadth of areas he mentioned.…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Gambling Levy: Online Gambling and Greyhound RacingI can see what is coming.25 Jun 2019HANSARD Gambling Levy: Online Gambling and Greyhound RacingMy hon. Friend tempts me. I have never said, for any other aspect of gambling, that levies are off the table. At this point, the Government do not currently have plans to…25 Jun 2019HANSARDCommonwealth GamesI wish to inform the House that, on 25 June 2019, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport laid a minute advising of the investment of £778 million in Birmingham and…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Gambling Levy: Online Gambling and Greyhound RacingOn welfare and levies on gambling, my Department has to ensure that bookmakers are at the table. Where profits are in this country, we should seek to ensure that they go back for…25 Jun 2019HANSARDEducation, Youth, Culture and Sport CouncilThe Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council took place in Brussels on 22-23 May 2019. The UK’s deputy permanent representative to the EU, Katrina Williams, represented…20 Jun 2019HANSARDDiscrimination in SportThis has been a valuable and important debate as we lay bare how we must tackle racism and intolerance in sport at every level—from grassroots level up to the elite—because this…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Cornish WrestlingI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann) on securing this debate on Cornish wrasslin. I was just wondering—my hon. Friend the Member for Horsham…12 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State and I have had the results of a review come to us that we are considering very carefully. In this Chamber over a number of months, it has been very clear…23 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising the exciting summer of women’s sport that is coming up, which will include the Ashes and the Solheim cup. Today, the netball squad is being…23 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI feel we have a number of conversations to have with UEFA and I am happy to add that to the list. As we approach the Commonwealth games in Birmingham in 2022—10 years on from…23 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very pleased that I can mention that my daughter, Jemimah, is going to be a barnacle in her next production. [ Laughter. ] She is going to be really unhappy about my saying…23 May 2019HANSARDGambling-related HarmI think every sport, but particularly football, has a responsibility to those enjoying the game in relation to the amount of sponsors they have and they experience the fans have.…23 May 2019HANSARDGambling-related HarmGambleAware was fully funded last year. As the hon. Gentleman said, it almost reached the £10 million target, and another £7 million was brought in through financial penalties. We…23 May 2019