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Lorna Fitzsimons: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action his Department is taking to encourageparticipation by and representation of the Asian community at national level in cricket, badminton, hockey and football. [88676]Mr. Banks: Sport can play a major role in ridding society of racism, especially given the positive influence it can have on youngpeople. It is an issue which impacts on all sports and must be tackled by them.Sport England, in conjunction with the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), has established a Racial Equality Advisory Group towork with all sports national governing bodies to encourage racial equality in sport. The group meets on a regular basis andcomprises representatives from a variety of agencies. The Group examines issues relating to ethnic minorities in sport, and advisesSport England to ensure that its policies offer equal opportunities to all people, irrespective of their ethnic background.Furthermore, all recipients of grant-in-aid must agree to have all facilities, courses and events open to the whole community.Similar criteria are also used in assessing applications for grants from the Lottery Sports Fund.Much has been done to address the problems of racism in football. I am pleased to acknowledge the good work undertaken by theCommission for Racial Equality and the Professional Footballers Association, who were involved in the Lets Kick Racism Out ofFootball campaign. The Football Task Force Report on Racism in Football, produced earlier this year, has also been very wellreceived alongside initiatives such as Kick it Out and Show Racism the Red Card.I want to ensure that the lessons and proposals highlighted in that report are extended to other sports. To this end I have recentlywritten to the governing bodies of five major sports as a first step asking how they are going about addressing any problems withintheir sports. I intend to call a meeting with those governing bodies, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Local GovernmentAssociation to root out this problem.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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