DCMS Committee publishing Combatting Doping in Sport report

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is publishing a report on Combatting Doping in Sport. An embargoed copy of this report is attached to this email.

The Committee’s long inquiry has relied on detailed oral and written evidence, academic research, investigative journalism, and whistleblowers.

This report highlights the failure of sports bodies in their governance and policing of anti-doping rules.

The sporting bodies the Committee has looked at have demonstrated poor record keeping and poor medicines policies. There should be tighter guidelines on the use of medicines that can affect performance. 

The Committee in this report is calling for legislation to be introduced to criminalise the supply of drugs to sports people with intent to enhance performance.

The Committee believes that UKAD requires greater powers and resources to conduct investigations and enforce the rules.