Parliamentary Activity Feed - Thangam Debbonaire

Football: Voluntary Work

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with relevant football bodies to help increase the level of volunteering in grassroots football.

Football: Ethnic Groups

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with relevant football bodies to help increase British Asian representation in football (a) on and (b) off the pitch.

Public Service Broadcasting

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with public service broadcasters on commissioning (a) film and (b) TV products from media organisations...

Women and Girls in Sport

Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State talks a good talk, but on her watch the gender activity gap is wider than ever: 22% fewer girls than boys take part in team sport. Does she agree that it is only under...

Youth Investment Fund

Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire made a speech in the House of Commons

Can the Secretary of State, or anyone else on the Tory Benches, honestly tell the young people in Bristol and across the UK that they are better off, after 14 years of Conservative failures on...

Sports: Facilities

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure there are no uninsulated overhead electricity cables at domestic sport facilities.

Film and Television: Government Assistance

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support lower budget film and TV programmes.

Football: Voluntary Work

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that played grassroots sport in England in (a) 2010, (b) 2019 and (c) 2023.

Football: Voluntary Work

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of volunteers there were in amateur football in (a) 2010, (b) 2019 and (c) 2023.

Public Libraries

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help encourage visitors to libraries.

Public Libraries: Closures

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of libraries that have closed since 2010.

Film and Television

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Baroness Debbonaire received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Bectu report entitled UK film and TV industry in...

BBC Mid-term Charter Review

Commons debates

I congratulate the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) on giving us this opportunity to discuss the BBC. He brought up the concept of “BBC sympathies”. Virtually everybody in...

Telegraph Media Group Ltd: Acquisition

Commons debates

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. From the very start, Labour had questions about the proposed sale of some of our country’s most highly influential and...

Football Governance Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman explains exactly why it is so important that the owners and directors test will work. That is why I am addressing these remarks to the Government—it is, after all, their...

Football Governance Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman seems to be saying that it is a subjective test. I was asking whether there are any objective tests, because I think that is important in terms of fairness. Where are they...

Football Governance Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is exactly right. So many things are at stake in the Bill, which is why it is so important we get it right. I know Fulham well, and the important work done by football community...

Football Governance Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who says that the Bill is about financial resilience. Obviously, Bristol Rovers is my local club, and I listen to what it has to say, but I also listen to...

Football Governance Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend raises the most important point, which is about how fans feel. There should be no taking of reckless risks and there should be no jeopardising of a club’s future, and that is...

Football Governance Bill

Commons debates

Then we really need further discussion in Committee on this issue; it is worthy of such consideration. On calculated risk taking, we need to be clear about when we are taking unnecessary risks...