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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 8 May 2007.

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Photo of Douglas Alexander Douglas Alexander The Secretary of State for Transport, The Secretary of State for Scotland 2:30, 8 May 2007

I remain convinced that there are huge opportunities for Glasgow, not simply in terms of the Commonwealth games bid, which I sincerely hope will be successful, but in its being another part of the United Kingdom to benefit from the 2012 Olympics. One of the key attributes of London's successful bid for the Olympics was a recognition not just of the magnificent diversity within that global city, but of the fact there were real opportunities for a legacy for every part of the United Kingdom. I know that that is certainly the intention of the Olympic authorities.

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Rod Aries
Posted on 23 Jun 2007 1:32 pm (Report this annotation)

I would welcome the commonwealth games to Glasgow in 2014. But only if the local council address a decades old problem of various smells that waft through parts of the town on a regular basis, particularly near the proposed area for the athletics village.

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