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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 03 Apr 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Arguably, the biggest owngoal for grassroots sport is the removal of planning protections for sports - Speech Link
2: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con - Huntingdon) What steps is she taking to support grassroots sports venues. - Speech Link
3: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) Brilliant sports groups across the country will receive funding for facilities. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 03 Apr 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent West) councils, to reform the Gambling Act 2005 to protect our high streets from rapacious gambling and betting - Speech Link
2: Shockat Adam (Ind - Leicester South) Will the Leader of the House schedule a debate to discuss the valuable contribution of grassroots sports - Speech Link
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) is absolutely right to identify the diminution we have seen in cricket playing fields, in cricket sports - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Report stage part two - Tue 11 Mar 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) How they should be looked after is an important factor that all sports are dealing with. - Speech Link
2: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) Certain sports such as horseracing tend to be dependent on gambling, but we have something of a surfeit - Speech Link
3: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) noble friend Lady Taylor, already do not take sponsorship or advertising by gambling firms.All major sports - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
2nd reading - Mon 10 Mar 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: David Baines (Lab - St Helens North) Antisocial behaviour, whether public drinking, drug use, vandalism or off-road bikes tearing up sports - Speech Link
2: Josh Simons (Lab - Makerfield) I have received in this job have been people ringing to tell me that thugs have destroyed a local sports - Speech Link
3: Connor Naismith (Lab - Crewe and Nantwich) I started my working life as a shop worker, first in Woolworths—yes, I am old enough—and then in betting - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Gambling Levy Regulations 2025 - Wed 12 Feb 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) The industry’s trade body, the Betting and Gaming Council, welcomed the decision to introduce stake limits - Speech Link
2: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con - Life peer) sensible or proper, and, as we all know, in the burgeoning amount of advertising in sport, such as at sports - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) which His Majesty’s Government are taking this.Just last week, a High Court ruling found that Sky Betting - Speech Link
4: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) We have received a commitment from the Betting and Gaming Council that its financial contributions will - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Gambling Harms - Wed 05 Feb 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Alex Ballinger (Lab - Halesowen) It was fixed-odds betting terminals that got him into gambling. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) It should be brought into line with the betting limits on fixed-odds betting terminals—that would make - Speech Link
3: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool Walton) Fixed-odds betting goes back to about the 1960s. - Speech Link
4: Chris Evans (LAB - Caerphilly) When I was in the betting shop, there was a limit on football betting. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Gambling Act 2005 (Operating Licence Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Gambling Levy Regulations 2025 - Wed 29 Jan 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) betting for all casinos, which I know from my own travels is common in other countries.I have met a - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) We have voluntary sports codes on advertising, which we can perhaps touch on in discussing the second - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) In fact, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that in the year 2024-25, betting and gaming - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)
Committee stage: 12th Sitting - Thu 23 Jan 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) They might want to associate their products with other sports such as football or rugby, because athletes - Speech Link
2: None I have a question about football and other sports kit. - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Gorton and Denton) We want to ensure that companies that currently sponsor sports kits are no longer able to do so, and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 Jan 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) are committed to creating thriving community spaces, including community centres, youth clubs and sports - Speech Link
2: Jim Dickson (Lab - Dartford) It hosted dedicated lunch clubs for older people, provided a hub for local sports teams, and was a venue - Speech Link
3: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) on racing, and the reform of the betting levy. - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) Grassroots sports clubs are the beating heart of communities up and down the country. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Committee stage part two - Mon 16 Dec 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) Dispatch Box just a couple of years ago, the noble Lord, Lord True, said: “My personal view, as a sports - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) But let me just remind the Committee that betting firms are legitimate businesses. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) of sports nearly collapsed—darts and snooker had a real problem. - Speech Link