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533646

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the International Olympic Committee on upgrading the medals of British athletes who were placed behind athletes found guilty of doping in competitions.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	42237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Recommendation 17 of the International Olympic Committee's Agenda 2020 seeks to honour clean athletes by awarding an Olympic medal following a positive doping case. This involves organising formal medal ceremonies for medal-winners who receive their Olympic medal following the disqualification of a competitor.</p><p><br>Last month Australian athlete Jared Tallent was presented with an Olympic gold medal for the 50km walk at the London 2012 Games following the disqualification of a Russian athlete for a doping offence. We expect the same treatment for British athletes.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2016 14:22:35 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

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	registered interest
	date	06/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sports: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the International Olympic Committee and the British Olympic Association on ensuring that British athletes who placed behind athletes found guilty of doping in competitions have their medals and awards upgraded.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	45128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of the International Olympic Committee's Agenda approach that honours clean athletes by awarding an Olympic medal following a positive doping case. Formal medal ceremonies are arranged for medal-winners who receive their Olympic medal following the disqualification of a competitor. There is absolutely no place for drug cheats in sport and it is completely right that clean athletes receive medals when tests have proven doping violations.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/09/2016 16:12:51 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows