Media and Sport Select Committee news

Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, has been re-elected as chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. Collins has been elected ... More

UK Sport has dismissed criticisms that it has failed in its duty of care to athletes following high profile allegations of bullying within sports that ... More

National governing bodies (NGB) must broaden their reach to schools in order to tackle homophobia in sport, according to MPs. A report published by the ... More

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the shadow sports minister, has suggested that there could be “value” in setting quotas for ethnic minority representation on the Football Association ... More

The Football Association’s (FA) governance structure will once again be placed under the microscope when parliament debates a motion of no confidence in the governing ... More

The chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance has urged the sector to guard against complacency when it comes to safeguarding children following high-profile ... More

Karen Bradley, secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, has echoed her predecessor and warned the Football Association (FA) that it will lose government ... More

Damian Collins, the Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe, has been elected as the chair of the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee. Collins has ... More

The head of policy at the Premier League has revealed that clubs which don’t comply with requirements to accommodate disabled supporters could face sanctions – ... More

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the Labour MP for Tooting, has been appointed as shadow sports minister in Jeremy Corbyn’s latest cabinet reshuffle. Labour deputy leader Tom ... More

Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is on the hunt for a new chair to replace Jesse Norman, who was handed a ministerial post ... More

An inquiry into homophobia in sport has been launched by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, and is calling for written submissions. The inquiry ... More

Local authority leisure operators must adopt a “more rounded approach” to delivering sport and leisure activities if they are to truly make an impact in ... More

Sports minister Tracey Crouch has urged local authorities to invest in sport despite large cuts to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in ... More

Sebastian Coe has admitted that athletics is at a “crossroads” and faces an uncertain future if it cannot win back people’s trust following allegations of ... More

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will undertake an inquiry into women and sport in the UK. During the process the committee will investigate ... More

Football has been described as the "worst-governed sport in this country" by the minister for sport and the Olympics, Hugh Robertson. Speaking in response to ... More

London 2012 organisers remain "absolutely committed" to offering millions of affordable tickets to events at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite refusing to be drawn ... More

John Armitt, chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), has revealed that further contingency funding may be required for the construction of the 2012 athletes ... More

This year's annual National Conference of Visitor Attractions (VAC 08) is to be held on 8 October at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in ... More

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has called on the government for it to conduct a full consultation on the possible introduction of double ... More

The Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has criticised the government's tourism policy and called the decision to cut VisitBritain funding ahead of the 2012 ... More

A report from the Commons culture, media and sport select committee is to be published today, calling for greater accommodation of girls who play mixed ... More