 Amnesty International criticised the announcement, due to its concerns about the human rights in the country.The WPBSA supports coaching in cue sports through an accredited programme, and 2013 it initiated the "Cue Zone into Schools" programme, which took scaled-down tables into schools and was intended to interest school children in taking up the game.In 2019, the WPBSA announced the creation of an All-party parliamentary group for Snooker, chaired by Conor Burns.