Speeches by Rutland.

“My questions follow on from previous ones around enhancing community provision of growth sports to under-represented groups. Scott and Paige, you both spoke about diversity and growth in your respective sports. There are cost barriers associated with padel and cheer. To what extent does that prevent those from lower so…”

“Do you think hiring costs are too high for the end user?”

“My questions follow on from previous ones around enhancing community provision of growth sports to under-represented groups. Scott and Paige, you both spoke about diversity and growth in your respective sports. There are cost barriers associated with padel and cheer. To what extent does that prevent those from lower so…”

“Does that result in a different income demographic participating in cheerleading in the south?”

“Briefly, to each of you and maybe to Stewart first, what changes need to happen to unleash the full potential of community provision of your sports, particularly for under-represented groups?”

“Can I ask you one more question? Earlier you said that padel has people playing it who would not consider tennis to be for them. Which demographic groups in particular are taking up padel?”

“Do you see people picking up padel and then moving on to play tennis as well, perhaps those who would never have considered playing tennis in the first instance?”

“I want to ask about the role of national governing bodies. Perhaps Jordan and Kate can answer first; I have a different question for you, Jon. Jordan, how can national governing bodies better support the growth of grassroots sport and initiatives like yours to deliver school and community programmes?”

“In my experience, voluntary organisations sometimes have more politics in them than political parties. Kate and Jordan, is there anything that you want to add on the financial pressure to generate revenue and the ability to drive grassroots and community participation?”

“What did you mean when you talked about the impact of legislation on sports clubs? Is there a particular challenge?”

“Thank you. Some sports clubs are in financially precarious positions and are under pressure to generate revenue, as we have been discussing. How does that impact their ability to drive grassroots and community participation?”

“Jon, what can be done to ensure that smaller national governing bodies with less funding have the capacity to deliver in schools and at a grassroots level?”

“Do you feel well heard by the ECB?”

“Does that result in a different income demographic participating in cheerleading in the south?”

“I am interested in what you were saying earlier about the costs, particularly in the south-east, of the available space and the use of warehouses. I have met a gymnastics organisation—I represent a constituency on the south coast—and that was a challenge that it highlighted to me. You have talked about the cost of the …”

“Do you think hiring costs are too high for the end user?”

“Kate, how about cricket?”

“Today, we are taking an extraordinary but necessary step not just to safeguard a single industry, but to defend the long-term interests of our country. On that point of interests, I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Let us be clear: today is about not nostalgia, but national resilience …”

“T7. This month, we marked eight years since the Westminster bridge attack, a cowardly assault on our parliamentary democracy that killed five people, including the late PC Keith Palmer, and injured almost 50 others. As the survivors seek to rebuild their lives, what measures is the Department putting in place to suppor…”

“I am going to ask about facilities. We have received evidence on the challenges facing facilities—the availability, accessibility, quality, loss of fields and rising costs through third-party hire. The LGA has found that almost two thirds of UK leisure stock is ageing and past its replacement date, and facilities that …”