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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 1 Mawrth 2010.

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Photo of Ben Bradshaw Ben Bradshaw The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2:30, 1 Mawrth 2010

As my hon. Friend is absolutely right to say, grass-roots sports benefit not only from the revenue raised by the selling of television rights but from significant central Government funds, through our sporting bodies and the lottery. I am well aware of the strong support in the House and the country for the return of test cricket to free-to-view television. We will consider all representations very carefully before making a decision that we think will be in the interests of the public.

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Michael Bourne
Posted on 30 Maw 2010 9:53 am (Report this annotation)

Mr Grogan referred solely to 'grass-roots cricket' and not to 'grass-roots sports'. Mr Bradshaw needs to keep his eye on the ball. The game of cricket is unique and must be treated as such.