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School Sports Funding

Indeed I do agree with my hon. Friend. Her comment applies equally to my constituency. The heads of both the sports colleges in my constituency have promised to do everything possible to continue the present level of support, but when they are battling to balance their books, it will be increasingly difficult for them to prioritise sport over maths and English. Head teachers and leading sporting figures are calling for a rethink, and even the Daily Mail describes the proposal as ““idiotically destructive”” and a"““false economy on a staggeringly grand scale””," I want to end by urging Government Front Bench Members to heed those calls. I really hope that the Secretary of State will take up the offer from those on our Front Bench, but I am not optimistic. I am afraid that this is what happens when public schoolboys are running the country. This Government, and these Ministers, have not got a clue about the schools that are attended by 93% of this country's children. Not only have they not got a clue, but, by scrapping school sport partnerships, they are showing that they have not got a care either.