here<\/a>. Operators are liable to enforcement action from the Gambling Commission if affiliates which they pay to carry out marketing activities do not comply with the rules.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the cross-sport Code of Conduct is (a) robust and (b) workable in practice; and what lessons she has learnt from the application of CAP code 2.1 for regulation of breaches of the Code.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Government continues to take the issue of head injuries very seriously. In December 2021 DCMS published its Command Paper report on concussion in sport; outlining the steps the government is undertaking to help reduce risks associated with head injuries by improving understanding, awareness, prevention and treatment of concussion in sport. As part of this, in April 2023 the Government announced the first UK concussion guidelines for grassroots sport, in conjunction with the Sport and Recreation Alliance. This guidance is intended to be a helpful tool in reducing the risks associated with concussion and marks an important step in making sport safer for thousands of people who enjoy sport at a grassroots level, as well as an aid to professional sports.<\/p>
Further research on the links between health, dementia and contact sport is needed to better understand the issue. To that end, DCMS established a Sports Concussion Research Forum in July 2022 to identify key research questions that need answering in this important area.<\/p>
The government remains committed to working with sports to build on the positive work that is already taking place to mitigate the causes and effects of concussion in sport.<\/p>"}
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Evidence-based sports research is an important component in ensuring that sport is made as safe as possible for all participants. To that end, DCMS established a Sports Concussion Research Forum in July 2022, chaired by the Medical Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation. This brings together key academic experts with experience of traumatic brain injury, neurology and concussion to identify the priority research questions for the sporting sector.<\/p>
The Research Forum has met five times since its inception and is now formulating a report to identify those priority research questions, with the report expected to be completed in 2024.<\/p>
The Government remains committed to working with sports stakeholders to build on the positive work that is already taking place to mitigate the causes and effects of concussion in sport.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Sports Concussion Research Forum has met as of 13 March 2024; what priority areas for research it has (a) identified and (b) taken steps to deliver; and what (i) guidance and (ii) findings it has presented to (A) her Department and (B) other bodies for which she is responsible.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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Maintaining a free and thriving press is a top government priority. Newspapers and news magazines play a unique role in our democracy, by providing accurate news and information, helping to shape opinions and contributing to political debate. The purchase of UK news organisations by foreign states runs the risk of undermining faith in our free press.<\/p>
To address this we will table government amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill at Third Reading to explicitly rule out newspaper and periodical news magazine mergers involving ownership, influence or control by foreign states.<\/p>
We will amend the Enterprise Act 2002 to create a new Foreign State Intervention regime for media mergers to work in parallel with the existing Public Interest Considerations regime. Our focus here is not on foreign investment in the UK media sector in general, but is targeted specifically on foreign state investment of newspapers.<\/p>
Under the new Intervention regime, the Secretary of State would be obliged to refer cases to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) through a new type of intervention notice, where she has reasonable grounds to believe that \u201ca foreign state newspaper merger situation\u201d has been created. This situation will arise where a merger involving a UK newspaper or news magazine gives a foreign state or body ownership, control or influence over the newspaper enterprise.<\/p>
If the CMA concludes that the merger has or would result in foreign state ownership, influence or control over a newspaper enterprise, the Secretary of State will be required to make an order to block or unwind the merger.<\/p>
We plan for the changes to take immediate effect upon Royal Assent of the DMCC Bill.<\/p>
This policy is still in active development, but we want to ensure that the new measures do not have any undesired effects on wider foreign investment in UK media or on passive investments made by established investment funds.<\/p>
The new measures will only apply to foreign states, foreign state bodies and connected individuals, and only to newspapers and news magazines given the unique role these publications play in contributing to the health of our democracy by providing accurate news and information, helping to shape opinions and contributing to political debate.<\/p>
The UK has a strong track record for encouraging foreign investment which has been critical to growth within the media and wider creative industries. The Government remains committed to encouraging and supporting investment into the UK and we recognise that investors deploying capital into this country rely on the predictability and consistency of our regulatory regime. The UK remains one of the most open economies in the world, which is key for the prosperity and future growth of our nation.<\/p>"}
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Maintaining a free and thriving press is a top government priority. Newspapers and news magazines play a unique role in our democracy, by providing accurate news and information, helping to shape opinions and contributing to political debate. The purchase of UK news organisations by foreign states runs the risk of undermining faith in our free press.<\/p>
To address this we will table government amendments to the Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill at Third Reading to explicitly rule out newspaper and periodical news magazine mergers involving ownership, influence or control by foreign states.<\/p>
We will amend the Enterprise Act 2002 to create a new Foreign State Intervention regime for media mergers to work in parallel with the existing Public Interest Considerations regime. Our focus here is not on foreign investment in the UK media sector in general, but is targeted specifically on foreign state investment of newspapers.<\/p>
Under the new Intervention regime, the Secretary of State would be obliged to refer cases to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) through a new type of intervention notice, where she has reasonable grounds to believe that \u201ca foreign state newspaper merger situation\u201d has been created. This situation will arise where a merger involving a UK newspaper or news magazine gives a foreign state or body ownership, control or influence over the newspaper enterprise.<\/p>
If the CMA concludes that the merger has or would result in foreign state ownership, influence or control over a newspaper enterprise, the Secretary of State will be required to make an order to block or unwind the merger.<\/p>
We plan for the changes to take immediate effect upon Royal Assent of the DMCC Bill.<\/p>
This policy is still in active development, but we want to ensure that the new measures do not have any undesired effects on wider foreign investment in UK media or on passive investments made by established investment funds.<\/p>
The new measures will only apply to foreign states, foreign state bodies and connected individuals, and only to newspapers and news magazines given the unique role these publications play in contributing to the health of our democracy by providing accurate news and information, helping to shape opinions and contributing to political debate.<\/p>
The UK has a strong track record for encouraging foreign investment which has been critical to growth within the media and wider creative industries. The Government remains committed to encouraging and supporting investment into the UK and we recognise that investors deploying capital into this country rely on the predictability and consistency of our regulatory regime. The UK remains one of the most open economies in the world, which is key for the prosperity and future growth of our nation.<\/p>"}
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The criteria for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to intervene in any media merger are set out in the Enterprise Act 2002.<\/p>
Where the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a merger covered by the Act has taken place or is in progress, and that one or more public interest consideration is relevant to the merger, she may issue an intervention notice. The intervention notice means that the CMA reports to the Secretary of State on whether a merger covered by the Act has been created or is in progress, whilst Ofcom report to the Secretary of State on the effect of the public interest considerations on the case.<\/p>
The Secretary of State then decides whether to refer the case for further investigation by CMA (a \u201cphase 2\u201d investigation). She has discretion to make a \u201cphase 2\u201d reference f if she believes that it is or may be the case both that one or more public interest considerations outlined under Section 58 of the Enterprise Act 2002 is relevant to the case and that the merger may be expected to operate against the public interest. The CMA must normally report back to the Secretary of State within 24 weeks of a reference being made. Once the Secretary of State receives the CMA report, she must decide whether to make an adverse public interest finding. If the Secretary of State does make an adverse public interest finding then she can take action to remedy the situation - in an appropriate case this could include making an order to block or unwind a merger.<\/p>
Any decision the Secretary of State makes in this process is in a quasi-judicial capacity.<\/p>"}
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