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Boxing: HIV Infection

Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 15718, tabled on 26 February 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to allow people living with HIV to compete in boxing professionally.

Answered on

1 March 2024

National Governing Bodies are responsible for the regulation of their sports, and are independent of Government.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will continue to engage with the boxing authorities to discuss a range of issues relating to participation in sport, including participation by people living with HIV.