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Glastonbury Festival: Kneecap

Commons · Question 65768 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Glastonbury organisers on comments made at the festival by Kneecap.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 16 Jul 2025

The Culture Secretary has made clear that previous comments made by Kneecap are appalling, and that celebrating and promoting prescribed terrorist organisations is a criminal offence. This Government unequivocally condemns threatening remarks made towards...