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Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) down the page, you discover that “building” means any“building … part of a building, or … permanent outdoor - Speech Link
2: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) Like them, I was a member of your Lordships’ National Plan for Sport and Recreation Committee. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Playgrounds: Bournemouth East - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) here that parks are not just patches of grass and playgrounds, not just swings and slides; they are outdoor - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) policies should be based on robust and up-to-date assessments of the need for open space, sport and recreation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None Much of that would have been local patches of land used for recreation or community allotments—for people - Speech Link
2: None These are of course community spaces: places where people gather, do outdoor activities, make social - Speech Link
3: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) high-quality work on the subject in the interests of its members and the wider world of sport, recreation - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Adfree Cities found that four in five outdoor billboard advertisements are in the poorest half of England - Speech Link
5: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) We had representatives from the Sport and Recreation Alliance, and from cricket, tennis, Sport England - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
National Trails - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Freddie van Mierlo (LD - Henley and Thame) With a statutory purpose would come the duty to protect and enhance people’s access to the outdoor and - Speech Link
2: Mary Creagh (Lab - Coventry East) will open up our riversides to the public in a transformative way, creating new opportunities for recreation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
NHS 10-Year Plan - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) and Local Government and the Treasury about ringfenced funding for leisure centres, swimming pools, outdoor - Speech Link
2: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) access to all those things that make life worth living, such as grassroots sport, culture, leisure, recreation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen) What steps he is taking to improve young people’s access to nature for outdoor activities. - Speech Link
2: Andy MacNae (Lab - Rossendale and Darwen) Nationally, the evidence of the benefits of outdoor recreation is extensive and unarguable, yet for too - Speech Link
3: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) that we are taking water quality seriously, so that they can be confident that they can use these outdoor - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Water Safety Education - Thu 19 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) event by Future Lidos, a peer network across the UK and Ireland that is working together to bring outdoor - Speech Link
2: Phil Brickell (Lab - Bolton West) That campaign is supported by organisations such as the Canal & River Trust, the Outdoor Swimming - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Mon 09 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Sussex Weald) active travel routes, supervised play settings (including adventure playgrounds), and community recreation - Speech Link
2: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) With play, and outdoor play in particular, we have free opportunities for parents and guardians to give - Speech Link
3: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) consulted on their needs, and that planning authorities are required and supported to introduce the outdoor - Speech Link
4: None Speak to any young parent and they will tell you the value of play, especially outdoor play, where their - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Swimming Facilities - Wed 04 Jun 2025
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) Learning to swim is more than recreation; it is something vital. - Speech Link
2: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) Outdoor swimming has never been so popular, and the pool would be a great asset once again to our town - Speech Link
3: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) Opened in 1861, it is the UK’s oldest outdoor freshwater swimming pool still operating. - Speech Link
4: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley South) A number of Members have talked about the benefit of cold water and outdoor swimming. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Mon 03 Feb 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) I am sure that that definition of “outdoor or partly outdoors” cultural and heritage sites will be of - Speech Link
2: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) In the previous paragraph, they discuss the impact of outdoor festivals, but in paragraph 98 they say - Speech Link
3: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) That would be very helpful in the context of the sport and recreation world. - Speech Link