Boxing: HIV Infection
(asked on 26th February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to allow people living with HIV to compete in boxing professionally.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 1st March 2024
National Governing Bodies are responsible for the regulation of their sports, and are independent of Government.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will continue to engage with the boxing authorities to discuss a range of issues relating to participation in sport, including participation by people living with HIV.