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Estimates day on Monday, 27 February 2012, in the House of Commons, led by John Whittingdale. The answering member was Hugh Robertson.

Olympics and Paralympics (Funding)

Vote on account 2012-13. Fourth estimates day (part one). Motion that, for the year ending with 31 March 2013, for expenditure by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport- (1) resources, not exceeding £2,705,167,000, be authorised, on account, for use for current purposes as set out in HC 1756, (2) resources, not exceeding £390,871,000, be authorised, on account, for use for capital purposes as so set out, and (3) a sum, not exceeding £2,660,065,000, be granted to Her Majesty to be issued by the Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund, on account, and applied for expenditure on the use of resources authorised by Parliament. Question deferred until 28 February. Resolved.

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541 c27-80 
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2010-12
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Supply estimates
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Louise Mensch | 541 c48 (Link to this contribution) What do you mean, ““Hear, hear””?
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c57-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is, as ever, being unduly modest. I am sure that he must have shown great fitness to ...
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Tracey Crouch | 541 c74 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Lady join me in thanking the private companies that have over a number of years ...
Baroness Jowell | 541 c74 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to support everything the hon. Lady says. Through UK Sport, our athletes have been th...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c74 (Link to this contribution) I was remiss in not mentioning this in my speech, but although the right hon. Lady is correct in say...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c52 (Link to this contribution) One of the great things about the Olympic opening ceremony this time is that the people of Tunisia w...
Edward Leigh | 541 c29 (Link to this contribution) The Public Accounts Committee examined all the finances. People do not mind so much the cost or the ...
Edward Leigh | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) I shall hold the Minister personally responsible.
Edward Leigh | 541 c36 (Link to this contribution) I was not making that point. I said that the public do not understand—I am sure that my hon. Friend ...
Paul Maynard | 541 c53 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating Lord Bates, who has just completed his Olympic walk fr...
Amber Rudd | 541 c52-3 (Link to this contribution) I can concur with that, disappointing though the outcome may have been for most of us. The element ...
Damian Collins | 541 c52 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the abject failure of Members of this House successfully to apply for...
Amber Rudd | 541 c52 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for pointing to the important political front of house that goes on ...
Louise Mensch | 541 c54 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is being very patient. I was inspired by her repeated references to white-armed Hera,...
Amber Rudd | 541 c54 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that interesting point. I agree that if the Olympics can contribute to th...
Simon Kirby | 541 c39 (Link to this contribution) As usual, my hon. Friend is right, and I suspect that very few parts of the country will be unaffect...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 541 c40 (Link to this contribution) Must we not ensure, however, that the inspiration and the benefits of the Olympics are experienced b...
Simon Kirby | 541 c40 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that many people in every part of the United Kingdom will enjoy watching the games, either...
Mike Weatherley | 541 c39 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that just the sight of the torch going through places such as my constitue...
Simon Kirby | 541 c39 (Link to this contribution) I agree. I am sure the torch will light up Hove and act as a beacon for the Brighton and Hove area. ...
Bob Russell | 541 c41 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I endorse all those points, but it is essential, in the opening...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c41 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with my hon. Friend. He says that that should be the case from the start of the Olympics,...
Bob Russell | 541 c40 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that my right hon. Friend can remember where he was when that announcement was made. ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c40 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Simon Kirby), who—like, I hope, ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c41 (Link to this contribution) I am sure Mr Danny Boyle is listening with great interest to the entirety of this debate and that he...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c41 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about the Olympics and Paralympics. Linked to that, we also have the Britis...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c41 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on drawing attention to that important additional sporting event. The ...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c41 (Link to this contribution) Last week, I attended a British transplant games event. These games make people aware of the benefit...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) I am sure all Members are grateful to my hon. Friend for drawing attention to the importance of that...
Louise Mensch | 541 c42 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman speaks movingly of the legacy being put in place, particularly for young pe...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c42-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady tempts me into a long peroration about the Paralympics. This country is the home of th...
Louise Mensch | 541 c44-7 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to be called to speak in this debate, particularly because it is rare in poli...
Amber Rudd | 541 c48 (Link to this contribution) I share my hon. Friend's disappointment. I, too, did not succeed in my repeated bid for tickets. Doe...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c50 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree. I am lucky to share a county with the Minister, who has been a strong advocate of...
Amber Rudd | 541 c50 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the legacy of the Olympics for young people is not just about individ...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c49 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Indeed, she demonstrated in her speech that we can put on a good ...
Justin Tomlinson | 541 c49 (Link to this contribution) I share my hon. Friend's happy memories. In fact, my friends and I were so inspired that we soon das...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c48-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this important debate on the Olympics estimates. ...
Louise Mensch | 541 c49 (Link to this contribution) I completely endorse everything my hon. Friend is saying, but I put it her that, although the ceremo...
Louise Mensch | 541 c48 (Link to this contribution) I do share my hon. Friend's excitement, and I hope that she and I will be fortunate. If we are not, ...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c50 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree, and my hon. Friend will be aware that there are three Kent players in the GB tea...
Damian Collins | 541 c50 (Link to this contribution) I am enjoying my hon. Friend's recollection of the Los Angeles Olympics. Hockey was given a terrific...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c50 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree. For too long we have had an ““everyone should have prizes”” culture, and the gre...
Amber Rudd | 541 c51 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), who ...
Bob Stewart | 541 c52 (Link to this contribution) I must stress that I am not an athlete either, which may come as a surprise to Members of this House...
Amber Rudd | 541 c52 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that interesting intervention and for further reason to respect the Minis...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c50-1 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that her being able to cite people in her constituency who go back to the ...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c51 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree, and it is not just about the people, but about the clubs that help prepare the a...
Louise Mensch | 541 c51 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend refers, as I did, to an Olympian in her constituency. Does she not agree that that is...
Tracey Crouch | 541 c51 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree, but let us remember that there are several sporting events in the Olympics and n...
Amber Rudd | 541 c53 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for her comments. She is well known for having a way with words, and today is...
Speaker | 541 c53 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I remind Members that they should face the Chair when making interventions? That is not j...
Louise Mensch | 541 c53 (Link to this contribution) I know my hon. Friend's beautiful constituency of Hastings and Rye very well, having lived next to i...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c54 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is being very generous in giving way. With regard to the positi...
Amber Rudd | 541 c53-4 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to join those congratulations. It is always encouraging and exciting when there are n...
Amber Rudd | 541 c54-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The Olympics are about so much more than the competitors. My remarks focus ...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c55 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has mentioned other sporting events, and one of our fantastic, well-loved sports is c...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c55 (Link to this contribution) In another life, perhaps. My sporting achievements are somewhat limited. In fact, it is fair to say...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c55-6 (Link to this contribution) As I have learned to say in the trade, my hon. Friend makes a very good point. I know he has done a ...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c56 (Link to this contribution) I will give way first to my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Louise Mensch).
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c57 (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely with my hon. Friend, and the criticism that she cites is typical of many journali...
Louise Mensch | 541 c56-7 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He touched on the matter of private sponsors for the Olympics, whic...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c55 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is very modest, but will he be inspired by the Olympics to take part in a sport after...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c55 (Link to this contribution) It may come as no surprise to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, that, unlike Members such as the Minister and ...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c58 (Link to this contribution) As a fellow Kent MP, does my hon. Friend agree that we in Kent are very proud of our colleague, the ...
Damian Collins | 541 c58 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has an excellent idea —perhaps we can hand it to each other on the Camber road and wi...
Amber Rudd | 541 c58 (Link to this contribution) I hope that my hon. Friend will allow me to accompany the torch and visit his constituency to ensure...
Damian Collins | 541 c58 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the Members who have spoken in this debate, particularly my constituency ...
Bob Stewart | 541 c57 (Link to this contribution) I, too, am unqualified to comment. I am certainly unqualified for Olympic sport.
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c57 (Link to this contribution) I am more than usually grateful to my hon. Friend. There might be a secret plot to divert the torch ...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c57 (Link to this contribution) Not at all. My hon. Friend is being exceptionally kind in giving way. Having prosecuted for many yea...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 541 c57 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my hon. Friend for my delay in giving way to him.
Andrew Miller | 541 c76 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give the House a commitment that the legacy will include working outside the Londo...
Hugh Robertson | 541 c76 (Link to this contribution) Of course we can. A number of Members have mentioned the Places People Play legacy scheme, which inv...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 541 c76 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will know that I wrote to him earlier this month about local transport issues in the ar...
Hugh Robertson | 541 c76 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I will do so. That is the simplest answer to the hon. Lady's question.
Ian Swales | 541 c76 (Link to this contribution) The Minister referred to security. Is he aware of the Public Accounts Committee hearing of 14 Decemb...
Baroness Jowell | 541 c72-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention. We have shared considerable concerns about the r...
Baroness Jowell | 541 c74-5 (Link to this contribution) Again, I am delighted to join the right hon. Gentleman —my right hon. Friend for the purpose of Olym...
Hugh Robertson | 541 c75-6 (Link to this contribution) Today, there are 151 days to go and the good news for the whole House is that the construction is no...
Hugh Robertson | 541 c76-80 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am. I am not absolutely sure that the G4S contract will treble, in the end. That judgment was...
Damian Collins | 541 c59 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I think of Kent and the inspiration of Kelly Holmes, as one of ou...
Louise Mensch | 541 c59 (Link to this contribution) I will be glad to step into the breach. My hon. Friend and colleague on the Select Committee was wit...
Damian Collins | 541 c59 (Link to this contribution) Sorry, I misread my hon. Friend's signals.
Bob Stewart | 541 c58-9 (Link to this contribution) It crosses my mind that the Olympic games will be an inspiration to women worldwide. When the games ...
John Whittingdale | 541 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is entirely right and I am grateful to him for spelling out the detail. That is...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c62 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has praised sports centres in deprived areas. In Medway, in north Gillingham, £11 mil...
Louise Mensch | 541 c62 (Link to this contribution) A couple of Members have described themselves, most self-effacingly, as ““not a great sportsman”” or...
Damian Collins | 541 c62 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. Such facilities are often most needed in harder-to-reach economic areas. Sp...
Damian Collins | 541 c60-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is a great advocate for Medway and everything it strives to achieve, and I am certain...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c60 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that initiatives such as free swimming for the under-11s and over-65s in M...
Damian Collins | 541 c59-60 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree. The aquatics centre is not only a stunning and iconic building, but a venue for ...
Damian Collins | 541 c63 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. A fantastic programme of cultural events has been organised...
Guy Opperman | 541 c67 (Link to this contribution) It is always a great honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (P...
Baroness Coffey | 541 c67 (Link to this contribution) May I enlighten my hon. Friend by letting him know that the next sale of tickets will take place on ...
Paul Maynard | 541 c63-7 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to take part in the debate. Members will have to forgive me if, rather than d...
Keith Vaz | 541 c72 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for giving way and I join others in commending her for her role in secu...
Guy Opperman | 541 c67-70 (Link to this contribution) I take it that that refers not to my hon. Friend's tickets but to other Olympic tickets. I wish to a...
Baroness Jowell | 541 c71-2 (Link to this contribution) I welcome this debate and the enthusiasm of the many hon. Members who have spoken, as well as their ...
Bob Russell | 541 c70-1 (Link to this contribution) Numerous speakers have quite rightly praised the previous Government for winning the Olympic games f...
John Whittingdale | 541 c38 (Link to this contribution) This really will be the last time.
Damian Collins | 541 c58 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend and fellow Kent Member. It would be churlish of me not to agree with...
John Whittingdale | 541 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) One of the extraordinary things about how much has been achieved in preparation is that the world is...
Mark Field | 541 c29 (Link to this contribution) Without wishing to pre-empt a fourth issue, which may come up as well, I just want to say briefly on...
John Whittingdale | 541 c31 (Link to this contribution) We examined the Secretary of State on the fact that the Government have doubled the budget for the o...
Bob Russell | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) How much will be spent on the two opening ceremonies and two closing ceremonies, and how many billio...
John Whittingdale | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. Friend the Minister for putting the precise position on the record. Ho...
John Whittingdale | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) My understanding was that 23,000 was the figure for the number of security personnel, of whom a subs...
Keith Vaz | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) I commend the work of the hon. Gentleman's Committee over several years. He knows that 10,000 athlet...
John Whittingdale | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) I give way to my colleague, the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee.
Keith Vaz | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Rehman Chishti | 541 c31 (Link to this contribution) It is also important to recognise the contribution of partnership organisations. In Medway, the Olym...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c31 (Link to this contribution) Returning to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Sir Bob Russell), does th...
John Whittingdale | 541 c31 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point in indicating the benefits to his area. One of the challenges, whi...
John Whittingdale | 541 c32 (Link to this contribution) I recall having that debate with the right hon. Lady in the Select Committee at the time. The other...
Hugh Robertson | 541 c32 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Although it is not for me to defend the previous Government, it ...
Baroness Jowell | 541 c31 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will also recall that when I came to the House in May 2005, before we went to Sin...
John Whittingdale | 541 c31 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. As I said, although perhaps not as eloquently as he did, ...
Baroness Jowell | 541 c32 (Link to this contribution) May I just deal with that point, which is tediously technical? When we compiled the budget, the stat...
Speaker | 541 c28 (Link to this contribution) Order. Notwithstanding the fact that the hon. Gentleman speaks for two cities, as opposed to a small...
Mark Field | 541 c28 (Link to this contribution) One of the concerns, if not of many Members of the House, then of many people outside it, is that ve...
Chris Bryant | 541 c28 (Link to this contribution) The previous Select Committee, on which I served, spent a great deal of time trying to examine the f...
John Whittingdale | 541 c28 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I do not want to disagree with him, but although he may well be rig...
Mark Field | 541 c29 (Link to this contribution) On that related point, sensibly most people recognise that there are huge security issues around the...
John Whittingdale | 541 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) I agree that transport is going to be one of the great challenges, and it is one to which I shall re...
John Whittingdale | 541 c29 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend brings up the other issue that is causing some anxiety, security, which I am sure we ...
John Whittingdale | 541 c29 (Link to this contribution) The third issue, besides transport and security, that I was going to and, indeed, still intend to co...
John Whittingdale | 541 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) I completely accept the hon. Lady's point. Indeed, that was one of the principal motivations for mak...
Gerry Sutcliffe | 541 c34 (Link to this contribution) As the then Sports Minister, I was able to go to Beijing, and one thing that concerned me was whethe...
John Whittingdale | 541 c34 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether Beijing has ever published a final figure of the amount that it spent, but I t...
Mark Field | 541 c34 (Link to this contribution) While we are still talking about funding, I should like to endorse what the hon. Member for West Ham...
John Whittingdale | 541 c34 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, although I would hope that one achievement of my hon. Friend the Minister will be restoring ...
Pete Wishart | 541 c34 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who is being very generous with his time. Surely he recognises ...
John Whittingdale | 541 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend anticipates me. I was going to say that the clear reason why the contingency has been...
Ian Swales | 541 c33 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the House should not regularly follow the precedent of sequestering m...
John Whittingdale | 541 c33 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I basically do agree with my hon. Friend, but the financing of the Olympics seemed to me a legi...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 541 c33 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the area of east London that the money in question is helping to...
Simon Kirby | 541 c38 (Link to this contribution) On 27 July, many if not most of my 90,000 constituents will join the 4 billion or so people around t...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend congratulates the Government and other bodies on bringing the games here, but will he...
Mark Field | 541 c38 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is very generous. Obviously there are concerns about what will happen with transport ...
John Whittingdale | 541 c38 (Link to this contribution) I think what my hon. Friend says applies more generally. We hope not only that the London Olympics g...
Simon Kirby | 541 c39 (Link to this contribution) I join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to what is an outstanding organisation. I welcome the addit...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c39 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way once again. He mentions the benefits for east London, but does...
Mark Field | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way?
John Whittingdale | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister has heard the hon. Lady's point and will attempt to shed some light on i...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) I should say that I am off to a European Committee shortly, so I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman f...
John Whittingdale | 541 c36 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be able to provide greater detail.
Hugh Robertson | 541 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) Of the tickets available, 75% across the piece were available to the general public. That is a far h...
John Whittingdale | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for supplying the figures that I did not have but which strongly demon...
John Whittingdale | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) I may come to regret giving that guarantee. I understand that this issue is a cause for concern, bu...
John Whittingdale | 541 c36 (Link to this contribution) One reason is that financing and staging the games, which was not a cost to the public purse, requir...
Mike Weatherley | 541 c36 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend will be aware, ticketing raised £527 million up to December 2011, and could have r...
John Whittingdale | 541 c36 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend tempts me on to another topic that has occupied the Select Committee for hours and on...
Lord Foster of Bath | 541 c35 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Chairman of the Committee for intervening a second time. Will he ensure that we h...
Rehman Chishti | 541 c35 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way to me a second time. Does he agree that the initial costs coul...
John Whittingdale | 541 c35 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Gillingham and Rainham (Rehman Chishti) and then to...
John Whittingdale | 541 c34 (Link to this contribution) Mr Whittingdale: I believe that about 20% of the budget is coming from the lottery, which is a reaso...
John Whittingdale | 541 c32 (Link to this contribution) Indeed it does. I was not seeking to criticise the right hon. Lady, but merely making an observation...
John Whittingdale | 541 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker, for this opportunity to debate the funding of the Olympics and Paralympics, a...
John Whittingdale | 541 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right in his aspiration, although he identifies probably the hardest ch...
Hugh Robertson | 541 c30 (Link to this contribution) I shall clear that one up straight away: 23,700 is the total man-guarding number. That comes from fo...
John Whittingdale | 541 c37 (Link to this contribution) I will give way for the last time.
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Costs Finance Greater London National Lottery Public transport London 2012 Organising Committee Security Sports Tickets Olympic Games 2012 Paralympic Games 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority
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