Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Heritage – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 February 1997.
The hon. Lady makes an extremely important point. She is certainly accurate in saying that the Football Trust has suffered because of the effect of the lottery on the pools industry. I am meeting Lord Aberdare of the Football Trust on 5 March. Today the Sports Council is considering whether or not the Football Trust can be helped by the lottery. Above all I hope that all sports—particularly football which will receive some £700 million—that benefit from broadcasting rights will use some of that money to improve safety at sports grounds.