Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Attorney General

Oral Answers to Questions

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts
Thursday 13th February 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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Of course, I would love to go to Wrexham. I would love to go to Wrexham regardless of whether I have still got the job. I can tell my hon. Friend that it will not be my first visit. If anybody remembers, Goole Town—the mighty Goole Town—played Wrexham in the FA cup third round in 1976, and I was there. If anybody can tell me the score, there will be a prize for them.

I would like to thank my hon. Friend for her interest in this area. Nowhere has a richer rugby heritage than Wales. I would like to offer my commiserations on Wales’s disappointing Six Nations result on Saturday—a valiant clash—but we look forward to 7 March. She will know that sport is a devolved matter, but I look forward—fingers crossed—to coming to Wrexham very shortly.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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And they play rugby league there.

Catherine West Portrait Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green) (Lab)
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At the moment, horse racing is the only sport where there is a levy from gambling. Are the Government considering taking a levy from gambling in other sports to pay for grassroots sports participation, given that there has been a 20% drop since 2010 in grassroots cricket and tennis?