Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking with (a) the FA and (b) FIFA to help ensure the proper conduct of officials towards players during (i) national and (ii) international competitions.

There is no place for inappropriate conduct within sport, and it is vital that sports bodies continue to work together to tackle it.

Sport should be welcoming to all, and everyone - whether at a grassroots or elite level - should have confidence that the highest standards of safeguarding are followed. That is why as part of our Sport Strategy we launched a call for evidence, to understand how the prevention and handling of integrity issues could be strengthened. It is open to participants, parents and guardians, coaches, athlete support personnel, sports governing bodies, academics and other relevant stakeholders.