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School Sport

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

537 c199-223WH 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Education

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Justin Tomlinson | 537 c209-12WH (Link to this contribution) That is a valid point and I know that the Minister is championing the cause to change that situation...

Clive Efford | 537 c212-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford South (Mr Sutcliffe) on securing the debate an...

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Catherine McKinnell | 537 c216-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to today's debate on behalf of the Opposition, M...

Tim Loughton | 537 c219-20WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Bradford South (Mr Sutcliffe), a distinguished former Sports Mini...

Clive Efford | 537 c220WH (Link to this contribution) I point out to the Minister that the school games did not come under attack. We were merely pointing...

Tim Loughton | 537 c220-1WH (Link to this contribution) The school games, which were launched last summer, involved more than 10,000 children in the summer ...

Gerry Sutcliffe | 537 c209WH (Link to this contribution) Is there not an opportunity for national governing bodies to get coaches to help teachers do such th...

Lord Hart of Tenby | 537 c209WH (Link to this contribution) As a former parent governor of my local school, Tavernspite, and a keen volunteer cricket coach at i...

Justin Tomlinson | 537 c209WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree and I will build on that point shortly. Schools have some opportunities at prese...

Speaker | 537 c223WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We now move to the next debate.

Tim Loughton | 537 c221-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises a good point. That is why, again within the school games, we have made spe...

Gerry Sutcliffe | 537 c221WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way; I know that he has only a small amount of time left. I...

Tim Loughton | 537 c221WH (Link to this contribution) I had better move on or I will not answer any of the hon. Gentleman's points, but I think that there...

Gerry Sutcliffe | 537 c199-201WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Amess. I am delighted to have the opport...

Jim Shannon | 537 c201WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and for focusing on a very important issue for local schoo...

Justin Tomlinson | 537 c207-9WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely do, and I will come to that point shortly. There are some advantages to the changes th...

Jim Shannon | 537 c207WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman consider that there is a role for private investment and partnership with sc...

Justin Tomlinson | 537 c206-7WH (Link to this contribution) The point behind my remark was that when the Government were making their judgment about whether the...

Clive Efford | 537 c206WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will correct me if I am wrong, but I think I just heard him say that school sport...

Justin Tomlinson | 537 c206WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree, and I will come to that point in a bit more detail later. I will touch on three...

Gerry Sutcliffe | 537 c206WH (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman is a strong supporter of school sport both from his past record as a ...

Justin Tomlinson | 537 c205-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Amess, and to follow the hon. Member for Bradf...

Gerry Sutcliffe | 537 c202-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention. I understand the hon. Gentleman's premise in terms of getting y...

Gerry Sutcliffe | 537 c201WH (Link to this contribution) Very much so. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He will know about the statistics on obes...

Lord Hart of Tenby | 537 c201-2WH (Link to this contribution) Of course, we all agree about the benefit of sport, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is abo...

Subjects

Property transfer Physical education Playing fields Sales Schools Young people Sports Take-up

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