Written question asked by Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) on Friday, 18 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 February 2022 (named day). It was answered by Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 February 2022 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
Olympic Games: Beijing
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the reasons for International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach's intervention in the voting process that led to the award of the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing at the meeting of the International Olympics Committee in Kuala Lumpur in 2015.
- Answer
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The voting procedures to award the hosting of Olympic Games are a matter for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The British Olympic Association are our representatives to that forum, operating independently of the government.
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- 2021-22
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- Olympic Games Beijing
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