Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Jack Ritchie: Gambling Act Review
"As my hon. Friend rightly points out, the regulations are out of touch with the online age. For young people gambling marketing is all-pervasive online in video games and streaming services. We need regulation that is up to date and protects young people from that marketing, including free credit offers, …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 28 Jan 2022
Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill
"For many of our regional museums, galleries and historic houses, temporary exhibitions are made up with a relatively small number of items from abroad. Does the right hon. Gentleman think we will expand on that number of 38 institutions, to allow many more of our regional museums and galleries to …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Jan 2022
English Football League Governance: Derby County FC
"As a Leeds United supporter, I know all about having a renegade owner racking up hundreds of millions of pounds in transfer fees to gamble on sporting success. One of the underlying issues with Derby County and other clubs that face difficulty is hugely inflated transfer fees. Has the Sports …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Touring Musicians: EU Visas and Permits
"It is particularly apt that you are chairing today’s debate, as a published author on music, Dr Huq. I thank my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harman) not just for securing the debate, but for all the work she has done. We have …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 27th October 2021
Asked by:
Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ending the ban on drinking alcohol in the seats at football grounds.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
No assessment has been made. The legislation relating to the consumption of alcohol at football matches is a matter for the Home Office.
Written Question
Wednesday 20th October 2021
Asked by:
Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to respond to the independent review of Destination Management Organisations in England.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
I welcome the publication of the Destination Management Organisations (DMO) review in September 2021. I am grateful to Nick de Bois and stakeholders across the sector for their engagement in this review of how tourism is structured, organised and funded at a local level in England.
We are now carefully considering the recommendations made by Nick de Bois and hope to publish a response in the coming months.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Sep 2021
Legacy of Jo Cox
"I knew Jo for a far shorter period than my hon. Friend, but we were both candidates in West Yorkshire in the run-up to the 2015 general election. We had meetings as candidates and calls. Sometimes there were things that the rest of us were not prepared or able to …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 21 Jul 2021
Channel 4: Privatisation
"The 31 October 2018 was a day of profound joy in Yorkshire. It was the day when Channel 4 announced that Leeds would be its new home. It is not often that we celebrate something started by Maggie Thatcher in Leeds. Just three years later, we hear that Channel 4 …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 21st July 2021
Asked by:
Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were refused entry to the European Championship Final at Wembley on 11 July 2021 for breaking covid-19 quarantine rules.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Government was clear that anyone suspected of entering the UK with the intention of breaching isolation in order to attend a EURO 2020 match would be denied entry, and that their tickets may be cancelled (if not transferred to someone else). This policy combined with communications to supporters of teams playing in the UK had a significant deterrent effect on those who might otherwise have travelled to the UK for the tournament.
All EURO 2020 matches at Wembley were subject to strict entry requirements. Those seeking to enter were required to provide a negative Lateral Flow test result or (for those from England, Scotland and Wales) proof of full vaccination. Anyone failing to provide these would have been denied entry. The English Football Association was responsible for enforcing these requirements and no data is held on whether any of those denied entry were also deemed to have been breaking border restrictions.
Of the Italian contingent present at the Final, the vast majority were based in the UK (as - other than in the original ballot prior to the pandemic - tickets were not sold to people outside of the Common Travel Area). A small contingent of accredited guests were exempt from the isolation requirement in order to attend the match, but otherwise subject to strict public health restrictions - this included a group of c380 who flew in and out on the day, with no contact with the general public.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"I have been speaking to leaders in the tourism industry who are distinctly underwhelmed by the Minister’s tourism recovery plan. An inclusivity ambassador, a rail pass and £10 million of vouchers is not the level of ambition that they were expecting from the much vaunted plan. In particular, coach operators, …..."Alex Sobel - View Speech
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