UEFA Euro 2020 Final Review
(asked on 13th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether all the recommendations of Baroness Casey of Blackstock's review of events surrounding the UEFA Euro 2020 Final have been acted on.
Answered by
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Her Majesty’s Government continues to work with the relevant authorities to ensure that football fans can enjoy the sport and attend matches safely. This includes working with partners on the recommendations of Baroness Casey of Blackstock’s review into the events surrounding the UEFA Euro 2020 Final.
Although this review was commissioned by and reported to the English Football Association, Her Majesty’s Government was referred to in four of the recommendations and we have been undertaking work to take these forward.
This includes work on extending football banning orders to cover offences of the selling and taking of Class A drugs at football games (under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022). We continue to work with relevant parties on the other issues raised in the review, on stewarding events, clarifying the responsibility of Zone Ex for major events, and ensuring the categorisation of matches is appropriate.