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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had, or plan to have, with the British Olympic Committee concerning the presence of UK athletes at the 2019 European Games, in the light of the human rights record of the host country, Belarus.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has had no such discussions with the British Olympic Association. The participation of British athletes in the 2019 European Games is ultimately a decision for the British Olympic Association and the appropriate National Governing Bodies of Sport.