Here's a short thread of the questions I asked the Minister for Sport, Nigel Huddleston MP, in the latest session of @CommonsDCMS' inquiry into #concussion in sport. (1/8)
In most jobs health and safety is of paramount importance and action can be taken when/where it fails. I asked the Minister what is stopping concussion in professional sport being seen as an industrial disease. (2/8)
I then asked the Minister why brain injuries through sport are not classed as an industrial disease. He says it's only recently we've seen a correlation between concussion and dementia. I then told him the PFA report says dementia in boxers was identified in the 1920s. (3/8)
I asked the Minister if he thought campaigners were setting the bar too high to class dementia, caused by concussion in professional sport, as an industrial disease. He says it's a legal grey area - "did the sports person get the injury on field or because of a bar brawl." (4/8)
Next I asked the Minister if he was surprised that the Health and Safety Executive doesn't provide oversight on injuries in sport and if the government should play a key role in ensuring there is oversight in the future to reduce concussion and other injuries. (5/8)
I then asked the Minister if professional sports clubs should be required to report injuries such as concussion and if the government would legislate for such a requirement. He says he's wary of legislating if legislation is not required, but doesn't rule it out. (6/8)
I put it to the Minister that no one wants legislation if there's no need, but if there's no legal means that would require ex-professionals to be given more support for respite and treatment from their sport then the government will have to legislate for it to happen. (7/8)
To finish, I pointed out that the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) concluded in 2005 that there wasn't enough evidence to recommend the prescription of dementia in boxers or footballers. If we wait for 110% proof too many will suffer, urgent action is needed now. (8/8)

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22 Jul
Today the @CommonsDCMS Committee published their report on the problem of concussion in sport. Here is a thread of some of the issues the report raised and its recommendations. #concussion #concussioninsport (1/25) Image
Despite the need for acquired brain injury to be taken seriously by sport, both written and oral evidence to this inquiry support the health benefits to people through mass participation in sporting activity. (2/25)
The reality is that, for most people playing grassroots sport, there is no one to stop them continuing to play, after a head injury, except themselves. That is how far down the knowledge and awareness of concussion and how to respond to it must reach. (3/25)
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15 Jul
Today the @CommonsDCMS Committee publishes its report into the economics of music streaming. Here's a thread of the report's findings and recommendations. (1/25) #BrokenRecord #FixStreaming
Streaming has helped save the music industry following two decades of digital piracy but it is clear that what has been saved does not work for everyone. Issues created by streaming reflect fundamental problems within the recorded music industry. Streaming needs a reset. (2/25)
We urge Universal and Warner to look again at the issue of unrecouped balances with a view to enabling more of their legacy artists to receive payments when their music is streamed. (3/25)
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29 Jun
Here's a short thread of the questions I asked Lord Frost in today's @CommonsDCMS inquiry into EU visa arrangements for creative workers. #CarryOnTouring (1/9)
Firstly I told Lord Frost I found his approach to Select Committee scrutiny appalling. I then asked him if he sees the issue of touring as an immigration issue or a trade issue? After repeating my question, he eventually says "both" but he says it's a complex question. (2/9)
I put it to Lord Frost that it's about trade because we're not talking about people permanently moving - it's about movement of artists to earn valuable export currency in an industry which has an export surplus. He says the government won an election to end free movement. (3/9)
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10 Jun
Here's a thread of the questions I asked in today's @CommonsDCMS inquiry into EU visa arrangements for creative workers. Witnesses include @TamaraCincik of @FashionRoundTab, @noelmc66 of @bectu and Craig Stanley of @MarshallArts. #CarryOnTouring (1/12)
Firstly it's important to point out that this committee should have been scrutinising Lord Frost - current Cabinet Office Minister who also serves as the Government's Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe. Disgracefully, Lord Frost cancelled. (2/12)
Firstly I spoke to agent/promoter Craig Stanley of @MarshallArts about Lord Frost consistently trying to avoid appearing before @CommonsDCMS for scrutiny. Did Lord Frost previously accept a meeting with Craig just because Sir Elton John would be there? (3/12)
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10 Jun
Today we should have been questioning Lord Frost @CommonsDCMS Committee on post Brexit touring issues - he didn’t want to come and now has pulled out of appearing - parliamentary scrutiny is not an optional activity for Ministers - this contempt for democracy must stop
In response to @julianknight15's point of order over Lord Frost's no show @CommonsDCMS, the Deputy Speaker has said: "The Govt must make every effort to ensure the appropriate Ministers are able to give evidence to committees in a timely fashion." (1/2)
"When the Minster concerned is in the House of Lords it is particularly important that committees in this House are able to hold them to account. I hope that every effort is now made to ensure that the committee is able to take evidence from the Minster." (2/2) #CarryOnTouring
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Here's a short thread of the questions I asked the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, on the ICO’s investigation into Cambridge Analytica's seized servers and use of personal data. @CommonsDCMS
Firstly, I asked the Information Commissioner about the US Intelligence Committee's report and if they had contacted the ICO to receive evidence that had been seized from Cambridge Analytica's servers. She says she hasn't been contacted but would share if officially requested.
In April 2019 the ICO office promised a report into the
seizure of some of Cambridge Analytica's servers. I asked the Commissioner why the @CommonsDCMS only received a letter and not a report as stated.
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