Select Committee · Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Women's sport

Status: Closed Opened: 15 Dec 2022 Closed: 28 May 2024

MPs are to examine issues around the growth of women’s football, along with the challenges other women’s sporting organisations face in growing audiences and revenues and what needs to be done to bring about more parity between men’s and women’s sport. The DCMS Committee inquiry will also look at the actions needed to tackle sexism …

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
9 Jan 2024 Adam Conant · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Jeanette Bain-Burnett · Sport England, Polly Payne · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP · Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Stephanie Hilborne OBE · Women in Sport View ↗
21 Nov 2023 Barbara Slater · BBC, Jonathan Licht · Sky Sports, Niall Sloane · ITV View ↗
24 Oct 2023 Ali Oliver MBE · Youth Sport Trust, Councillor Liz Green · Local Government Association, Huw Edwards · UKactive, Jane Nickerson · Swim England, Julie Porter · Lawn Tennis Association, Linda Fox · Actonians LFC View ↗
12 Sep 2023 Dr Beth Clarkson, Dr Rafaelle Nicholson, Professor Hanya Pielichaty, Professor Stacey Pope View ↗
5 Jul 2023 Baroness Sue Campbell DBE · Football Association, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, Ellen White MBE, Sally Munday OBE · UK Sport View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
19 Mar 2024 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Soc…
6 Feb 2024 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Soc…
6 Feb 2024 To cttee Letter from Jeanette Bain-Burnett, Executive Director of Policy & Integrity, Sp…
14 Nov 2023 To cttee Letter from Julie Porter, Chief Operating Officer, Lawn Tennis Association, rel…
18 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society, r…