Discrimination in Sport

I wholeheartedly offer them my support. I was a keen cricketer as a young woman and am a huge fan...

Order. I am not having a Member of Parliament intervening and then walking out. I suspect that th...

I expect that the hon. Lady is as keen on my speech as she is on cricket.

Growing up, I was...

I thank my hon. Friend for her excellent speech. Does she agree that the Football Association and...

I thank my hon. Friend for her very important intervention. I work very closely with the Premier ...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent case for the need to tackle discrimination in sport. As wel...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate the Bristol family mentioned by my hon. Friend. I will...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Many of us joined sportsmen and women across our co...

It is almost as though my hon. Friend had read my speech! He is right about the sterling work of ...

The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech and I congratulate her wholeheartedly on bringing suc...

I thank the hon. Lady, whom I will call a friend and a teammate—I will explain shortly—for her in...

Just for the record, he played rugby league as well.

I am very happy to say that he also played rugby league. Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for your v...

On homophobia in sport, does the hon. Lady agree that it is frankly ridiculous that we have count...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, articulated perfectly as usual. She is absolutely rig...

Order. Of course I wanted to hear the hon. Lady’s intervention, but I have found room for her to ...

I agree with the hon. Lady. Not only is that offensive, but it is wrong. I watched that match. It...

And the rugby league World cup.

Including of course the rugby league World cup.

Spectators will be visiting from far and wi...

I am delighted to take part in this evening’s debate—and for a change I really do mean that! Like...

Justin Fashanu, a former player at my own club, Airdrieonians, was both black and gay, and the am...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because I have spoken about Justin Fashanu...

I have just been handed an envelope, so I think I need to speak quickly.

I am not sure whet...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman says about a lack of sports facilities, but I know that he has a g...

Of course, what the hon. Lady says is right. My entire constituency is surrounded by our immense ...

First, may I thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for your sterling work over a long time for the rugby ...

I have the unexpected pleasure of responding to this debate.

Sport is a unifying force, a f...

This has been a valuable and important debate as we lay bare how we must tackle racism and intole...

I thank my hon. Friend for the fantastic points that she is making. I want to emphasise her last ...

As an avid football fan who stands on the terrace alongside many other fans, I always feel very w...

There is another form of discrimination relating to the second largest team sport played by black...

Basketball has no greater advocate than my hon. Friend, who makes very important points that I ho...

Let me begin by thanking the hon. Member for Tooting (Dr Allin-Khan) for tabling the motion and f...

In that vein, will the Secretary of State commend Joe Root, who was subjected to some homophobic ...

Three lines later in my script, I was going to do so, but I am happy to do it now, and the hon. L...

Does the Secretary of State agree that there is a role for sports broadcasters to feature more wo...

I certainly do agree. It is important for more women’s sport to be broadcast. I think that we are...

I am happy to congratulate England on their 2-1 win, although I have to say that it was a very du...