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Written Question
Bowling: Coronavirus
Monday 20th July 2020

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when ten pin bowling alleys will be allowed to reopen subject to social distancing arrangements as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Physical activity facilities play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active. From 1 August, we will reopen bowling alleys.

The Government is committed to reopening leisure facilities and visitor attractions, including bowling alleys, as soon as it is safe to do so. The Sport Working Group and the Visitor Economy Working Group both feed into the Cultural Renewal Taskforce, and ensure strong sector and expert support for the co-development of guidance. This will help ten pin bowling alleys become Covid-19 Secure and re-open as early as possible.

As with all aspects of the Government’s response to Covid-19, our decisions will continue to be based on scientific evidence and public health assessments.

Written Question
Charities: Shops
Thursday 11th June 2020

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance can the Government plans to provide to charities, to allow them to operate their charity shops safely during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by John Whittingdale

The government is working with the charity sector to support it as it begins to recommence activities in line with government guidance on COVID-19 and social distancing. Alongside other non-essential retail, charity shops are planning to start reopening from 15th June. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published guidance on the reopening of non-essential retail which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/shops-and-branches. In addition to this, the Charity Retail Association has produced guidance to specifically support the reopening of charity shops which can be found here: https://www.charityretail.org.uk/we-have-published-our-reopening-pack/.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Feb 2020
BBC Licence Fee

"As a Yorkshire MP, the Minister will know the importance of the regional BBC—both local television and local radio—to our constituents and the role it serves in the community. I remember its public service announcement function during the 2007 flooding. What thought has been given to making that function clear …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"15. If she will make it her policy to maintain free TV licences for people over the age of 75. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am sure that when the Minister was, like me, knocking on doors in November, he was struck by the number of older people who were living on their own who were relying on the TV for company. I think four out of 10 older people nationally do that—rely on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the effectiveness of the CPS in prosecuting cases involving domestic violence. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"I have previously mentioned the shocking statistic that Hull has enough domestic abuse perpetrators to fill our football stadium, which holds 25,000 people. Some 746,000 domestic abuse crimes have been recorded nationally, which is up 24% in a year. However, referrals from the police to the CPS have gone down …..."
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Written Question
Hate Crime: Transgender People
Monday 1st July 2019

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from social media companies to tackle hate speech against transgender people on their platforms.

Answered by Margot James

Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues including the hate speech against transgender people. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jun 2019
Online Pornography: Age Verification

"The Secretary of State is a very honourable man, and it is commendable that he has come to speak to the House today, but many people will be very disappointed by this delay. He said in his statement that he expected this to

“result in a delay in the region …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Free TV Licences: Over-75s

"I have listened carefully to what the Secretary of State has said, and I am getting a bit sick and tired of the weasel words that he is using. It was quite clear to the 9,000 over-75s in Hull who are to lose their free TV licences that it was …..."
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