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...