Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by John Robertson (Labour). It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 18 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Sport (Integrity and Reputation)

Question: What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's measures to protect the integrity and reputation of sport.

Answer: It is the responsibility of sport’s national governing bodies to run their sports in a way that protects their integrity and reputation. Government will assist where appropriate and where it is necessary to safeguard those involved, not least participants and spectators. Recent measures include setting up the anti-doping agency to tackle the traffic and supply of doping substances and commissioning an independent report on sports betting integrity.

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