To support the sport of snooker.
1. Support for Snooker Clubs
08/07/2020 - Early Day Motions
Found: Harlow’s snooker clubs to our local economy and social well-being; further recognises that snooker clubs
2. Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
08/01/2021 - Secondary Legislation
Found: horse-racing” (xiv)“World Snooker Tour - Northern Ireland Open” (xv)“World Snooker Tour - Scottish Open”
3. TWELVE-TIME SNOOKER WORLD CHAMPION REANNE EVANS
16/07/2019 - Early Day Motions
Found: achievement of winning her 12th World Women’s Snooker Championship; notes that her 19-year-old opponent
4. SCOTLAND SNOOKER WORLD CHAMPIONS 2019
02/07/2019 - Early Day Motions
Found: That this House congratulates Scotland's winning Snooker World Cup team; recognises the achievement of John
5. Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 25) Regulations 2020
20/11/2020 - Secondary Legislation
Found: Champions Snooker Tournament” (ii)“The Showcase meeting Cheltenham horse-racing” (iii)“World Snooker Tour
1. Oral Answers to Questions
10/12/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: which have had a very difficult 2020? Finally, has snooker now be reclassed as entertainment and not sport - Speech Link
2: In relation to snooker, the professional game has returned, but some recreational snooker and leagues may - Speech Link
2. Local Sporting Heroes
13/11/2018 - Westminster Hall
3. Self-build Housing
13/05/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: still love our house. It was built for our needs: snooker, books and vinyl; and a large cooker. Where others - Speech Link
4. Sport in the UK
04/02/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: being done by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association not only with seniors—I think I qualify - Speech Link
2: their country, whether they be tennis umpires or snooker referees, we should celebrate that as well. - Speech Link
5. Football Attendances: VAR
17/03/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: moment. It is not comparable to tennis, cricket, snooker, or, to a lesser extent, rugby, where there are - Speech Link
6. Ark Pension Schemes
11/03/2015 - Commons Chamber
1: position they were in to begin with is, to use a snooker term, a bit of a shot to nothing. Although this - Speech Link
7. Data Protection Bill [HL]
13/11/2017 - Lords Chamber
1: sport? That is a major question. For instance, in snooker, which I believe is defined as a sport, it is recognised - Speech Link
8. Data Protection Bill [HL]
13/12/2017 - Lords Chamber
1: amendment—which I will be supporting. Darts and snooker are considered sports. They are therefore covered - Speech Link
9. UK Sport: Elite Sport Funding
18/01/2018 - Grand Committee
1: going—have gradually become more sedentary, ending with snooker. I have even given that up, not so much because - Speech Link
10. Youth Services
26/06/2018 - Lords Chamber
1: Friday-night youth clubs with table tennis and snooker and ending with a disco will not cut any ice with - Speech Link
asked by: Robert Halfon
02/10/2020
... whether snooker clubs are subject to the covid-19 10pm curfew restrictions. 2. Snooker: Coronavirus
asked by: Robert Halfon
06/07/2020
... what his timescale is for the reopening of snooker clubs as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. 3. Snooker
asked by: Karl McCartney
26/05/2020
... what meetings he has had with representatives of snooker organisations; and what the outcome was of those meetings. 4. Snooker
asked by: Karl McCartney
18/05/2020
... what recent meetings he has had with representatives of snooker; and what the outcomes of those meetings were. 5. Snooker
asked by: Conor Burns
31/01/2019
... whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic benefits that major snooker tournaments deliver to host cities and towns.
9 Current APPG Officers
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Darts , Esports , Football Club , Golf , Midlands Engine , Motorsport , Rowing , Slovenia
Betting and Gaming , CAFOD , Celtic Nations , Childcare and Early Education , Coalfield Communities , Commonwealth , Darts , Formula One , Greyhound , Industrial Heritage , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Liverpool City Region , Music , Pigeon Racing , Racing and Bloodstock , Transatlantic Trade , Union , Wrestling
Gavin Newlands
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Joined: 10th October 2018American Football , Bridge , Domestic Abuse , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Esports , Golf , Green Deal Misselling , Greenland , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Light Rail , Road Freight and Logistics , Scottish Sport , Single Parent Families
Childcare and Early Education , Children who need Palliative Care , Equipment for Disabled Children , Poverty
Broadband and Digital Communication , Cerebral Palsy , Channel Islands , Dark Skies , Esports , Formula One , Motorsport , Zoos and Aquariums
Agroecology for Sustainable Food and Farming , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Belize , Climate Change , Electric Aviation , Finland , International Conservation , Jordan , Music , National Food Strategy , Nature , Net Zero , Ocean Conservation , Performers' Alliance , Russia , School Food , Somaliland , Sustainable Resource , Sweden , Theatre , Tibet , Ticket Abuse , Vegetarianism and Veganism , Young People's Health
Contact Details
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Karl McCartney MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 3000.
Email: karl.mccartney.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Mark Ramsdale, MR Sport, c/o Karl McCartney MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Email: secretary@parliamentarysnooker.org
Secretariat:
MR Sport acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.markramsdale.com/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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MR Sport
Secretariat From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
£22,501
5 Feb 2020
MR Sport
MR Sport is paid by the WPBSA to act as the group's secretariat. From : 05/02/2020 To : 04/02/2021
£22,501
Financial Benefits Received
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
£24,000
8 Jan 2019
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
£24,000
Former APPG Officers
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Conor Burns
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Bournemouth West
Joined: 10th October 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
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