First, I pay tribute to the governing bodies that are taking seriously their role in introducing young people to sport and in providing high-quality coaching, so that the great cricketers, great rugby players and, especially at this time, great footballers of today, who are role models for young people, provide the basis of children's aspirations to do as well as they have done.

Secondly, the hon. Gentleman is, frankly, way wide of the mark. As my predecessor, Mr. Smith, has made clear, under the previous Tory Government the sale of playing fields was running at about 40 a month, and the only way in which many schools could raise the necessary assets to build laboratories or new classrooms was to sell their playing fields. For the past five years, since 1997, we have tried to reverse that trend, and we have done so with great success. The £1.1 billion going from the lottery into improved facilities is evidence of that.