Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 March 1991.
Dr Brian Mawhinney
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
12:00,
14 March 1991
I can assure my hon. Friend on all the latter parts of his question. We attach considerable importance to physical education and sport and to providing the facilities necessary to carry them out. I cannot promise, however, that we shall maintain a green lungs policy at any cost; but I assure my hon. Friend that we shall not dispose of playing fields and open spaces unless there are overwhelming reasons for doing so.