| Heading: |
Football: Racial Discrimination |
| Question ID: |
1786096 |
| UIN: |
HL5938 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of racial abuse directed at Premier League footballers on social media and whether it is increasing or decreasing; and what steps they are taking to ensure repercussions for such |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3792 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
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| Answering Member handle: |
WhitchurchGirl
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@WhitchurchGirl
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| Answer text: |
Although the government does not hold this specific information centrally, we remain extremely concerned by online racism and will continue working with the sports sector to tackle this.The Online Safety Act offers better protections for public figures on... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |