Speeches by Peacock.

“I absolutely agree. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his work with the all-party parliamentary group. In summary, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch and Members across the House for their contribution to this debate. As much as anything else, public awareness is key to this agenda. I hope that my hon. Friend …”

“My hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point, and I will come on to discuss that shortly. We all share a responsibility to enable, support and include people who are managing health conditions such as diabetes, including in sporting environments. Increasing physical activity and reducing inactivity is part of the…”

“I am really pleased to be responding to this debate, and I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) on securing it. This has been a well attended Adjournment debate, and I put on record my thanks to Members for their attendance and the interventions. We have had interventions from a…”

“The right hon. Gentleman makes an incredibly important point. I hope I have outlined this in my contribution, but I reiterate that we want veterans to be front and centre of these commemorations. Importantly, commemorative activity is taking place across the UK, with each of the devolved Governments marking VJ Day 80. …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan. It is an honour to open today’s debate as we come together as a House and as a country to mark 80 years since victory over Japan, which brought an end to fighting in the far east. The anniversary will be commemorated on 15 August.…”

“I think that is an important point and something that is at the forefront of my mind. Whether it be ethnic background, whether it be women and girls, whether it be disability or class, I think it is so important. That is why we are moving to a place-based decision-making model because we want to listen to communities a…”

“Hopefully so, yes.”

“I think it has to be a balance. In lots of areas, there will sometimes be high-risk sports. They will be working with young people and children, so I do not think it is quite as simple as cutting the red tape, for want of a better description. Of course, we want to make it as straightforward as possible and in a differ…”

“I think that is a really good question, and particularly topical because I am also the Minister for Civil Society. I should obviously start by paying a huge tribute to volunteers and to volunteering; 10.5 million people gave their time according to the Sport England survey. That is a huge amount and we know that grassr…”

“Well, that is a very good question. We are both very keen and passionate to work together on this. We recognise that if we are going to make the changes we talk about, then we do have to work together.”

“I do acknowledge that, and that is why I had the five governing bodies in yesterday to the Department because we want to move at pace and we are going to make those decisions over the summer.”

“We continue to talk to the ECB. I spoke to them again yesterday. I was at Edgbaston a few weeks ago and had conversations with them there. Chance to Shine is a fantastic programme. I saw it first-hand in my own constituency in a school in Worsbrough, and they came down with the same kids for their 20th anniversary. I a…”

“Three times officially, I think. We will double-check that so we do not give inaccurate information. I recall our roundtable, but we do speak regularly in the lobby. I don’t know how many times we have done that.”

“I had the five big national governing bodies in the Department yesterday to talk to them. We are obviously thinking about business planning and exactly how we allocate that money. We are really clear that place-based, community decision making is absolutely the way to go. You only have to take the example of the 12 Spo…”

“We speak regularly with the Department of Health and on the Health Secretary’s 10-year plan. As I say, he was out and about yesterday, along with Joe Wicks, talking about the benefits, particularly to young people but indeed to everyone, of getting physically active. It just shows how important this is, not just to my …”

“We are working through that over the summer and hope to make an announcement by the autumn.”

“There are just under 12 million people who are inactive in this country, and that is not just a story of inactivity; it is a story of inequality. I see it in my own constituency. In Stairfoot, people live for seven years fewer than people on the other side of Barnsley, in the more affluent part of Penistone. That is ju…”

“As I said earlier, I have spoken to the relevant Minister in the Department. I have had conversations with them. I respect that they are taking their consultation through, but I have certainly had conversations and will continue to do so.”

“I refer to the earlier answer. I recognise the challenge in our planning system. I spoke about it when I was on the Back Benches. I had a number of local challenges with the planning system, so I understand its aspiration to improve it and to make it better. However, I would encourage people to respond to that consulta…”

“It is not being considered, no.”