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Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 June 2026

Debate

Sporting Events Bill [HL]

Contribution

My Lords, my amendment covers a slightly different area. It seeks to ensure that cultural events affiliated with a sporting event are part of the Bill’s scope. We on these Benches support the Bill’s aim to create a legislative framework. However, past experience has shown that cultural events such as the Cultural Olympiad were hard to include and very much seen as an afterthought. Those of us who witnessed and participated in the events in 2012 will argue that they were far from that; they were integral and magnificent—the opening and closing ceremonies, and the cultural coming together across the UK. The Bill’s current wording refers to events “sporting or otherwise” and “held in connection with the sporting event”. This is a probing amendment that seeks assurance from the Minister that this is the case and asks her to consider making the reference to cultural events more explicit.

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