Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 11:19 am on 3 September 2024.
Adam Jogee
Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme
11:19,
3 September 2024
I welcome the Minister to her place in the first Westminster Hall debate since her appointment. I welcome the Sport England funding she just referred to, but I urge her to make representations to it to look beyond the big cities when it comes to how that funding is allocated—I see my hon. Friend Kim Leadbeater nodding—to places like Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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