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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the scientific basis for extending the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown restrictions to horse riding lessons and activities.

Sports and physical activity are crucial for our mental and physical health and I recognise horse riding is a popular choice for many to get active.

As the Prime Minister has said, with the virus spreading faster than expected we cannot allow our health system to be overwhelmed. The current restrictions are designed to get the R rate under control through limiting social contact and reducing transmissions. In order for these measures to have the greatest impact, we all need to sacrifice doing some things that we would otherwise do, for a short period of time. These regulations were voted on by the House on 6 January. The Prime Minister is due to set out a roadmap to recovery this week.