Sports minister Nigel Huddleston has refused to put a date on supporters return to football stadiums but has declared it is the Government’s intention to see fans return to football stadiums “as soon as possible”.
MP’s debated the question at Westminster Hall on Monday forced by an online petition signed by nearly 200,000 people.
Huddleston admitted currently there is no timeline for pilot events to resume or a date for a lifting of restrictions.
Ministers debated the issue of supporters returning to grounds at all levels which was intended to happen in October before the second wave.
Jonathan Gullis, the Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent North said: “As of December 2nd I will be expecting to see an announcement that fans are coming back into football stadiums.”
Huddleston then made it clear the Government are working “tirelessly” to try to achieve that but while conceding that transmission rates were low inside grounds due to them being open air, he said there remained issues around fans arriving at and gathering around stadia
“I am fully aware of the importance of getting fans back in stadia, not just for football but for all elite sports,” said Huddleston.
Dont know who gullis is but suggest he keeps up with the news.