Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Champions League Final: Paris
"Let us be clear: the events in Paris were utterly appalling, but they are all too emblematic of the complete and utter disdain with which football fans are treated, both at home and, indeed, abroad. Hopefully, this will be a simple question for the Minister. In the discussions that he …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Nov 2021
Walter Smith OBE: Contribution to Scottish Football
"I thank my colleague for giving way. My constituents will be wondering why I have jumped up at the mention of Dundee United, and the truth is now out. I am sure that he will go on to mention this, but Walter Smith wrote himself into Dundee United folklore on …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Telecommunications (Security) Bill
"The key remark that the Minister made there was that it “could be” considered. We have seen the Government’s failures previously in relation to Huawei, so why should we have confidence moving forward that this will be any different?..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Nov 2021
Telecommunications (Security) Bill
"I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Solihull (Julian Knight), although now I am really interested to know whether he prefers a curry or a pizza. When I came into the debate, I did not expect that to be the topic of discussion.
I am very conscious of …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 May 2021
Telecommunications (Security) Bill
"It is a pleasure, once again, to follow the Chair of the ISC, the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), as I did during the passage of the National Security and Investment Bill. He speaks with great wisdom and experience on these matters, and the Minister would …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 May 2021
Telecommunications (Security) Bill
"I am a strong believer that brevity is a great charm of eloquence, so that is a statement that would be well taken on board by the shadow Minister in future. I was hoping for a power cut in Newcastle—I am being kind.
First, I place on record my thanks …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2020
Online Harms Consultation
"A constituent of mine in Aberdeen has been in contact to say that in recent months they have had to respond to three instances of children in primary school accessing Pornhub on mobile phones. I am sure the Secretary of State shares my profound concern about that, but we do …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Nov 2020
5G Network
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Eagle. It is important to congratulate the right hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Alun Cairns) on bringing forward this debate. It is clearly a matter that he knows a significant amount about, and he spoke incredibly passionately, particularly about …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Nov 2020
Sport Sector: Financial Support
"Football gives hope and joy to millions, just as we saw last week when big Davie Marshall dived to his left-hand side to send Scotland to our first European championships since 1996. For that hope and joy to persist, we need our football clubs in Scotland to exist. Will the …..."Stephen Flynn - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 11th November 2020
Asked by:
Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen South)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much emergency covid-19 funding the Government has provided to (a) professional, (b) semi-professional, (c) amateur and (d) youth football in England since the start of the outbreak.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports and physical activity providers and facilities are at the heart of our communities, and play a crucial role in supporting adults and children to be active.
Government has provided unprecedented support to businesses through tax reliefs, cash grants and employee wage support, which many sport clubs have benefited from. An income scheme announced in July by the Secretary of State for Local Government, aims to support local authorities who have incurred irrecoverable loss of income from sales, fees and charge which they had reasonably budgeted for. On 22 October, the Government announced a £100m support fund for local authority leisure centres. In addition, Sport England’s Community Emergency Fund has also provided £210 million directly to support community sport clubs and exercise centres through this pandemic.
We are continuing to work with organisations to understand what they need and how we may be able to support them.