Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Janet Anderson (Labour), on Tuesday, 3 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 30 members in total.

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FUTURE OF LEISURE SERVICES IN ROSSENDALE

That this House is appalled that Rossendale Borough Council is considering closing a substantial number of leisure and sporting facilities in the Valley, including the swimming pools at Haslingden and Marl Pits and the Bacup Leisure Hall, which will cause enormous hardship and inconvenience to Rossendale residents, particularly the elderly, the young and the disabled; questions the attempt by Rossendale Borough Council to lay the blame for this at the door of the Rossendale Leisure Trust and to fail to consider the Trust's exciting plans for a sports village, despite the fact that external assessments have concluded that the Trust performs strongly in financial management and community delivery; notes that the council has failed to take up the Government's scheme for free swimming for the over 60s and under 16s and spends ??1 per head less than the Lancashire average on sport and leisure; calls upon the Minister for Local Government to intervene to ensure that a proper consultation is carried out on the future of sporting and leisure facilities in Rossendale with a view to ensuring affordable access to all; and urges him to insist that the council co-operates with the Leisure Trust to seek a sensible way forward and, if they do not, to urgently reassess the status of the council as a Good Performing Council.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

683 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Greg Pope

David Chaytor

David S Borrow

Mark Hendrick

Subjects

Leisure Local government Sports

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk