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HANSARDGrassroots Club Rugby: Recovery after Covid-19Supporting grassroots sports is a key Government priority. It brings communities together and makes people happier and healthier. Through the sport survival package, rugby union…26 Jan 2023HANSARDGrassroots Club Rugby: Recovery after Covid-19The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight the significant contribution that rugby union makes in many of our communities. I pay tribute to the many thousands of volunteers who give…26 Jan 2023HANSARDGrassroots Club Rugby: Recovery after Covid-19My hon. Friend is right. The power of sport is significant and far-reaching: it helps with health and wellbeing and, as he rightly points out, can be a great avenue for helping…26 Jan 2023HANSARDGrassroots Club Rugby: Recovery after Covid-19Sexism, misogyny or any prejudice has no place whatever in any of our sports. As the hon. Member knows, sport is devolved, but I will reach out to colleagues in the Welsh…26 Jan 2023HANSARDGrassroots Club Rugby: Recovery after Covid-19My right hon. Friend raises an important point that a number of colleagues have already raised with me. As he will be aware, national governing bodies such as the Rugby Football…26 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has spoken to me on a number of occasions about this issue. As I said to him, these national and international governing bodies are independent of Government, but…26 Jan 2023HANSARDOwnership Structure of Football ClubsThe Government do not assess the ownership arrangements with individual clubs. However, the Government response to the recommendations made in the independent Fan-Led Review of…26 Jan 2023HANSARDOwnership Structure of Football ClubsI add my congratulations to my hon. Friend on her recent wedding and praise her for the work she has been doing in this area in support of her local football club, working closely…26 Jan 2023HANSARDOwnership Structure of Football ClubsWe have had extensive engagement with both the EFL and the Premier League, encouraging them to get on with the negotiations. Sometimes they have progressed and sometimes they have…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsMy Department is committed to broadening the accessibility of our cultural heritage sites across the country. Arts Council England recently announced the 2023-26 national…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsHeritage and culture play a vital role in many of our communities, including in the Blyth valley, showing that they are great places to live, work and visit. I am delighted that…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsThe hon. Lady is right to raise those important points. I assure her that both I and my ministerial colleagues in the Department have regular discussions with colleagues in the…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to be proud of her theatre and all the work that it does despite being outside the portfolio. Our Department is absolutely committed to ensuring…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to question in the way that he has. Unboxed has had many successes, and it has brought about cultural and art experiences to places that would perhaps…26 Jan 2023HANSARDAccessibility of Cultural AttractionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right: when we talk about access for all, we absolutely mean it. The disability unit in the Government has launched an enhanced and expanded programme…26 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The United Kingdom has some of the strongest equality legislation in the world, and rightly so. We continue to ensure that all those rights are…25 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingThere have been questions about the arm’s length principle. I want to make clear that were any arm’s length body, including the Arts Council, to breach the terms set by the…18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingNo, I am going to finish. The Government’s extensive programme of support, through the Arts Council national portfolio organisation programme, is benefiting areas across England,…18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingMy hon. Friend has obviously missed the other debates, because they were fairly rough, I have to say.18 Jan 2023HANSARDArts Council England: FundingI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) for securing this debate and other Members for their thoughtful contributions. I am pleased that a…18 Jan 2023