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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Neil Turner. The answering member was Sion Simon.


Listed Sporting Events

Westminster hall adjournment debate on a review of listed sporting events and the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
502 c128-35WH 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c134WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister not agree that less than 50 per cent. of the panel turning up to hear the evidence...
Sion Simon | 502 c134WH (Link to this contribution) Before I could make such a judgment, I would need more evidence than the second-hand anecdotes we ha...
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Neil Turner | 502 c133WH (Link to this contribution) May I remind the Minister that in 2013 we will have the rugby league world cup as well?
Sion Simon | 502 c133-4WH (Link to this contribution) I did not mention that myself only because I wanted to give one of the hon. Gentlemen the opportunit...
Greg Mulholland | 502 c134WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister will not know this, but it would be interesting to find out how many of the panel have ...
Sion Simon | 502 c134-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes that point very well. I cannot speak for the proclivities of the panel. Hav...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c134WH (Link to this contribution) But what if what I said was correct?
Sion Simon | 502 c134WH (Link to this contribution) We will look at the evidence if that ever becomes an issue, but it is not something that we should g...
Speaker | 502 c135WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry Minister, but despite playing a blinder you have been beaten by the clock. We now...
Neil Turner | 502 c128-30WH (Link to this contribution) It is pleasure to be under your tutelage this afternoon, Mr. Hancock. It is also a pleasure to talk ...
Derek Twigg | 502 c131WH (Link to this contribution) Can I put this point to my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner)? He is making an excellent ...
Speaker | 502 c131WH (Link to this contribution) Sorry. The ball went through my hands there, Mr. Twigg.
David Anderson | 502 c132WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right when he says that Sky has done a lot for rugby league. Does he not really be...
Speaker | 502 c132WH (Link to this contribution) That is a bit of a wet ball, but back to you, Mr. Hoyle.
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c132-3WH (Link to this contribution) I totally agree. My differences with Sky in relation to rugby league were many years ago. The one th...
Speaker | 502 c133WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much indeed, Mr. Hoyle, for a spirited contribution. I now give the floor to the Mini...
Neil Turner | 502 c131WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for that intervention. My hon. Friend has probably pinched about three seconds of...
Speaker | 502 c131-2WH (Link to this contribution) Can I ask you, Mr. Hoyle, to be fair and to respect the referee's decision to give the Minister time...
Lindsay Hoyle | 502 c132WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that advice, Mr. Hancock. Obviously, in rugby league, we have a thing called a yellow ...
Sion Simon | 502 c133WH (Link to this contribution) I will do my best, Mr. Hancock. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I hope that we wi...
Neil Turner | 502 c133WH (Link to this contribution) And Yorkshire and the north-east.
Sion Simon | 502 c133WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I am minded to note that the last time there was a listed events review was in 1998, which w...
Subjects
Contracts Broadcasting Finance Television Rugby (sport)
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