Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Sport governance

Status: Closed Opened: 8 Nov 2021 Closed: 5 Feb 2024 6 recommendations 5 conclusions 2 reports
Clear

Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Football Governance HC 1288 30 Jun 2023 11 Responded
Seventh Report - Racism in cricket HC 1001 14 Jan 2022 0 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
7 Recommendation Ninth Report - Football Governance Rejected

Ensure substantive EDI measures are included in the new Code for Football Governance

We recommend that, while in shadow form, IREF should look to existing corporate governance codes and work with stakeholders to ensure that substantive EDI measures are included in the new Code for Football Governance.

Government response. The government supports calls for EDI but rejects the recommendation for the Regulator (IREF) to include substantive EDI measures in the Code for Football Governance, stating that these wider issues are best led by the industry.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
8 Recommendation Ninth Report - Football Governance Rejected

Empower IREF to mandate EDI Action Plans as club licensing conditions

We are concerned that the Government has ignored recommendations to include EDI Action Plans for clubs and oversight of these plans within IREF’s remit. We believe that IREF would be well placed to receive and publish standardised data on compliance with EDI requirements in football, as well as monitoring and …

Government response. The government rejects the recommendation to give IREF authority to mandate and assess EDI Action Plans, stating that the Regulator's primary purpose is financial sustainability and wider EDI issues are best led by the industry.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Oral evidence sessions

7 sessions
Date Witnesses
28 Mar 2023 Debbie Hewitt MBE · The Football Association, Kevin Miles · Football Supporters' Association, Richard Masters · The Premier League, Rick Parry · English Football League, Tracey Crouch CBE MP View ↗
13 Dec 2022 Azeem Rafiq, George Dobell, Jahid Ahmed, The Lord Patel of Bradford OBE · Yorkshire County Cricket Club View ↗
24 Nov 2022 Bill Sweeney · Rugby Football Union, Carol Hart · Worcester Warriors community foundation, Judith Batchelar OBE · The Rugby Players Association, Robin Walker MP · Northern Ireland Office, Simon Massie-Taylor · Premiership Rugby View ↗
8 Feb 2022 Anuj Dal · Professional Cricketers' Association, Geoff Thompson MBE · Professional Footballers' Association, James Harris · Professional Cricketers' Association, Julian Metherell · Professional Cricketers' Association, Maheta Molango · Professional Footballers' Association, Rob Lynch · Professional Cricketers' Association View ↗
25 Jan 2022 Barry O’Brien · England and Wales Cricket Board, Gareth Williams · Glamorgan County Cricket Club, Martin Darlow · England and Wales Cricket Board, Mike O'Farrell · Middlesex County Cricket Club, Rod Bransgrove · Hampshire County Cricket Club, The Lord Patel of Bradford OBE · Yorkshire County Cricket Club, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Amos LG CH · England and Wales Cricket Board, Tom Harrison · England and Wales Cricket Board View ↗
7 Dec 2021 Adil Mehmood · Quaid e Azam Premier Cricket League, Basharat Hussain · Quaid e Azam Premier Cricket League, Tracey Crouch MP View ↗
16 Nov 2021 Alan Dickinson · England and Wales Cricket Board, Azeem Rafiq, Kate Miller · England and Wales Cricket Board, Meena Botros · England and Wales Cricket Board, Roger Hutton · Yorkshire County Cricket Club, The Lord Patel of Bradford OBE · Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Tom Harrison · England and Wales Cricket Board View ↗

Correspondence

9 letters
DateDirectionTitle
16 May 2023 To cttee Letter from Richard Masters, Chief Executive, Premier League, relating to the o…
18 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from Rick Parry, Chair, English Football League, relating to the oral ev…
18 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from Debbie Hewitt MBE, Chair, The Football Association, relating to the…
7 Mar 2023 To cttee Letter from Bill Sweeney, Chief Executive, RFU, relating to the oral evidence s…
14 Dec 2022 Written evidence submitted by Azeem Rafiq
18 Oct 2022 To cttee Letter from Ben Wright, Director of External Affairs, Professional Footballers'…
16 Mar 2022 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Robin Smith, Former Chair, Yorkshire County Cricket Cl…
23 Nov 2021 To cttee Letter from Roger Hutton, former Chair, Yorkshire County Cricket Club, re follo…
16 Nov 2021 Azeem Rafiq Witness Statement to the Leeds employment tribunal