Written Question
Tuesday 19th July 2022
Asked by:
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that unlicensed white collar boxing events in the UK comply with minimum criteria, standards and requirements set for those events by national governing bodies for boxing; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.
There will always be risks associated with participating in contact sport, but it is important that robust measures are in place to reduce the risk of major injuries and health issues.
It is the responsibility of individual boxing event organisers to ensure that they protect the safety and wellbeing of their participants.
We urge all boxing event organisers to work with the sport’s governing bodies to ensure robust standards are in place to protect the safety of those who take part.
Written Question
Tuesday 19th July 2022
Asked by:
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the proposal by the national governing bodies for boxing that all unlicensed white collar boxing events in the UK should fully affiliate and comply with their minimum criteria, standards and requirements for those events; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.
There will always be risks associated with participating in contact sport, but it is important that robust measures are in place to reduce the risk of major injuries and health issues.
It is the responsibility of individual boxing event organisers to ensure that they protect the safety and wellbeing of their participants.
We urge all boxing event organisers to work with the sport’s governing bodies to ensure robust standards are in place to protect the safety of those who take part.
Written Question
Tuesday 19th July 2022
Asked by:
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to take steps to improve the safety of white collar boxing events; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The safety, wellbeing and welfare of everyone taking part in sport is absolutely paramount.
There will always be risks associated with participating in contact sport, but it is important that robust measures are in place to reduce the risk of major injuries and health issues.
It is the responsibility of individual boxing event organisers to ensure that they protect the safety and wellbeing of their participants.
We urge all boxing event organisers to work with the sport’s governing bodies to ensure robust standards are in place to protect the safety of those who take part.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Football Index Collapse
"I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in this debate on behalf of a number of constituents who were affected by the Football Index scandal—in particular, two gentlemen called Marc and Andrew. Both invested significant sums of money in products that they believed were safe because they were …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Champions League Final: Paris
"I thank the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) for asking this UQ. My Liverpool-supporting constituent Amy Shimmin travelled to what was her third European football final and her 10th game abroad, and said that she has never been so scared for her safety and that of her …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Channel 4 Privatisation
"Channel 4 invests about £20 million a year in Scottish independent production companies, contributing £36 million in gross value added and supporting about 400 jobs. I am proud that it has a hub in my constituency. Glasgow-based indies do get contracts with Netflix and the others, but they are clear …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jan 2022
English Football League Governance: Derby County FC
"Although it is true that I am a proud Motherwell fan, my in-laws, Ron and Alison Wright, constituents of the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham), are proud Derby County fans. They are very proud of their club’s history and place in the town. As Derby County try to …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"Over the Christmas holidays, I read “The Lightless Sky”, the account by Gulwali Passarlay of his journey as a child refugee from Afghanistan to the UK. After reading that book, I would ask the Minister—and I recommend that she reads it, too—whether she accepts that human traffickers only exist because …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Legacy of Jo Cox
"Like everybody else, I thank the hon. Members for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) and for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch) for bringing this debate forward today. It has been incredibly moving for everybody. We all remember where we were and what we were doing when the news came …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Jul 2021
Channel 4: Privatisation
"I would like to pick up where the hon. Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) left off, because I was two months old when Channel 4 began broadcasting. I have grown up with it, and I think it is a fantastic channel. I am incredibly proud that Channel 4 …..."Alison Thewliss - View Speech
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