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Davies Review

The impact assessment is the consultation process. As part of that process the impact on sports and their revenues and on grass-roots sport is to be considered now, given that it was not considered as part of the Davies review. All of that will inform the firm conclusions that the Secretary of State will seek to reach— having provisionally announced the conclusions that he has already come to—as soon as possible after the consultation closes at the beginning of March. As hon. Members will know, listing does not guarantee that an event will be shown live on free-to-air television. Similarly, excluding an event from the list does not necessarily mean that it will be lost to free-to-air television. We await the Secretary of State's final views. We must not, and I cannot, pre-empt the consultation. Hon. Members, and my hon. Friend the Member for Selby in particular, made good points and expressed strong views in the debate. The process remains open for interested parties to make input on any aspect of the consultation, particularly on the impact on finances and grass-roots sport. It is open to anyone, so I encourage anybody with a strong view to put in their views before 5 March. I reiterate the Secretary of State's firm intention to reach a final conclusion swiftly after that.