Question follow-through · 14606
Commonwealth Games 2026: Gun Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that the sport of shooting has not been selected for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of reports that the sport of shooting has not been selected for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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25 Nov 2024
Answer published
The sporting programme for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, and the recent decision not to include shooting as a sport, is a matter for the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Scotland.Shooting has been an optional sport for Commonwea...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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