Rugby: LGBT+ People
Commons · Question 129192 · Tabled 22 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Kate Osborne
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that UK Sport and Sport England's funding conditions require the Rugby Football Union and other rugby governing bodies to (a) demonstrate measur
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 28 Apr 2026
Sport must be open to everyone. There is absolutely no place for homophobia, or discrimination of any kind, in sport or society.The Government expects sports bodies, including rugby governing bodies, to take robust action to tackle discrimination whenever...