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Written Question
Sports: Young People
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Ruth Edwards (Conservative - Rushcliffe)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme on access to sport for young people.

Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Government’s clear ambition is for all children and young people to have the opportunity to get active in a way that suits them.

Between 2021 and 2025, the Government has committed over £325 million to multi-sport grassroots sites across the whole of the UK.

So far, almost 2,400 sites have been supported, with thousands more young people across the entire country now able to get active and gain from all the mental and physical benefits that brings.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 May 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill

"I have complete sympathy with the intention behind the amendments and with what the hon. Gentleman is trying to do, but many providers whom we have spoken to throughout the Bill’s passage oppose them on the grounds that they will give the incumbent provider an advantage. Is he concerned that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 17 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)

"I remind the Committee of the declaration of interest that I made: I have worked for a number of providers, including BT and techUK, that will be affected by the legislation, and I carried out cyber-security consulting for MHR last year. I agree with the Minister about the need to …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"I am a former worker in the cyber-security industry, and have worked for a couple of the witnesses giving evidence today. One is techUK; I have also worked for BT, which of course owns Openreach. I also draw the Committee’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"Q I refer the Committee to my previous declaration of interest. Ms Turley, I want to ask a point of clarification, please. You mentioned that 33,000 site owners across the country were affected by the legislation. Is that 33,000 site owners in total or 33,000 whom you believe have …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"Q And roughly what proportion of them have reached out to your campaign?

Anna Turley: Well, we know that a third of them have had reductions of around 90% or 95%; that is from our own survey approaches. Going back to the Minister’s first question, I could write to …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"You must have a rough idea. Is it something like 10% or 50%?

Anna Turley: I would say that probably about 4,000 people have reached out to us, but again, people have to be aware of our campaign. They have to have found us—come across us on social media. They …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"Q How does the current rent valuation for phone masts compare to rents that other utility providers pay to landowners?

Anna Turley: I am not sure about that, but I know that internationally we compare very well. Our rents pre-2017 were not significantly higher than those in other countries, …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"Q Tell me more about your campaign. How is the organisation set up?

Anna Turley: We are funded by an organisation called APW, which is a company that is a telecoms—sorry, a company that owns a land infrastructure itself. But as I say, we are supported by colleagues like …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 15 Mar 2022
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)

"Q Is APW APWireless?

Anna Turley: Yes...."
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