Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 16 June 2011.
Hugh Robertson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Sport and the Olympics)
10:30,
16 June 2011
Any future bid for a FIFA World cup is some time away, which is probably not a bad thing. Such a bid is unlikely to be submitted until 2030. Any decision would be considered on its merits, but I would expect a far greater degree of transparency and accountability in FIFA before we could consider any future bid.
