Written questions

Community Development: Israel

Commons · Question 32006 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will require that organisations in receipt of funding from (a) her Department and (b) its arms-length bodies should not participate in boycotts against (i) Israel and (ii) the participatio

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 7 Mar 2025

Sports, arts, and culture are powerful ways to bring communities together. As such, we do not support sports or cultural boycotts in principle, including in relation to Israel. The Secretary of State recently met with a delegation led by the Board of Depu...