Major cultural and sporting events

Culture, Media and Sport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 1 Apr 2021 Closed: 1 Jul 2022 Parliament page
The inquiry will examine the role of major cultural and sporting events in celebrating the UK’s national identity. Several events of international importance are due to be hosted in the UK in 2022, prompting this inquiry by MPs. The inquiry will consider the challenges in the road ahead to the … Read more
6 Recommendations
4 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
2 Letters
4 Events
Activity timeline 8 events
24 Jun
2022
Report published
16 Mar
2022
Report published
11 Jan
2022
Correspondence
18 Nov
2021
Oral evidence
19 Oct
2021
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2021
Oral evidence
7 Sep
2021
Correspondence
6 Jul
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
18 Nov 2021
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Carrie Cooke · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nigel Huddleston MP · HM Treasury Sian Joseph · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
19 Oct 2021
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Andrew Moger · News Media Coalition Barbara Slater · BBC James Hampson · British Council Simon Morton · UK Sport
7 Sep 2021
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Ian Reid · Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Martin Green · Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Rosanna Machado · The Platinum Jubilee Pageant
6 Jul 2021
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Chenine Bhathena · Coventry City of Culture Trust Dr Franco Bianchini Ruth Hollis · Spirit of 2012
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Major cultural and sporting events HC 259 16 Mar 2022 10 Response document linked
Recommendations & Conclusions
10 results
1 Recommendation
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We welcome the Government’s commitment to building on the UK’s strong reputation for delivering major...
We welcome the Government’s commitment to building on the UK’s strong reputation for delivering major events but believe more could be done to develop a strategic approach to hosting them, particularly beyond the realm of major sporting events. In an … Read more
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2 Recommendation
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The lack of guaranteed funding for UK City of Culture hosts creates unnecessary uncertainty and...
The lack of guaranteed funding for UK City of Culture hosts creates unnecessary uncertainty and risks undermining other fundraising efforts. The Government should guarantee successful hosts of UK City of Culture an appropriate amount of national funding from the outset, … Read more
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3 Recommendation
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The recommendations and reforms proposed in the fan led review of football governance should not...
The recommendations and reforms proposed in the fan led review of football governance should not be hanging over the Football Association as it goes into a bidding process for the 2028 EUFA EURO. The Government must ensure implementation of the … Read more
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4 Conclusion
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Since the event’s inception in 2018, the aims for Festival UK* 2022/Unboxed: Creativity in the...
Since the event’s inception in 2018, the aims for Festival UK* 2022/Unboxed: Creativity in the UK have been vague and ripe for misinterpretation by the press and public at large. We see no evidence to refute such scepticism now. The … Read more
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5 Conclusion
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Handled sensitively, major events can be an opportunity for communities to reflect on difficult subjects...
Handled sensitively, major events can be an opportunity for communities to reflect on difficult subjects and grow from them. Organisers and stakeholders, including the media, should not shy away from interrogating potential fault lines, but carefully assess and manage cultural … Read more
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6 Recommendation
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The listed events regime is vital to the UK’s sporting and media landscape, amplifying major...
The listed events regime is vital to the UK’s sporting and media landscape, amplifying major events and enabling the country to capitalise on its investment in them and their stars. As people’s consumption of media content changes, this crucial tool … Read more
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7 Recommendation
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The news media are vital stakeholders for major events, amplifying them at home and abroad...
The news media are vital stakeholders for major events, amplifying them at home and abroad and delivering greater value for money. Moreover, beyond this purely instrumentalist role, there is an intrinsic value to free and reliable reporting of major events. … Read more
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8 Conclusion
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Legacy programmes and independent evaluation are vital for delivering long-term value for money from major...
Legacy programmes and independent evaluation are vital for delivering long-term value for money from major events. However, current funding structures and limited evaluation periods give the impression that they are not a priority, as illustrated in the case of the … Read more
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9 Conclusion
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The Government is spending a lot of money on this year’s major events.
The Government is spending a lot of money on this year’s major events. Yet while individual occasions may well deliver memorable moments, we see no golden thread linking the events or tying them to a vision for the future of … Read more
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10 Recommendation
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Recent years have seen major events policy formed through little more than ministerial fiat, and...
Recent years have seen major events policy formed through little more than ministerial fiat, and nothing illustrates this better than the vague and shape-shifting nature of Unboxed: Creativity in the UK. There is no one in Government with clear ownership … Read more
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Correspondence 2 letters
11 Jan 2022 To committee Letter from Nigel Huddleston MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, DCMS, re oral evidence follow-up, 14 December 2021
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7 Sep 2021 To committee Letter from Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair, and Lyn Garner, Chief Executive, London Legacy Development Corporation, relating to the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games , 28 July 2021
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