Lord McColl of Dulwich: ...It is worth noting that one 500 millilitre bottle of Absinthe, which is roughly a pint, is equivalent to 28 standard drinks. Binge drinking seems to have swept the United Kingdom. British bars and clubs have aggravated the situation by promoting "buying in bulk". For example, several wine bars offer the drinks promotion, "Buy two glasses and get the rest of the bottle free". The...
Angela Smith: Since 2001–02 a total of £4,150 has been provided, via the Sports Council for Northern Ireland, to the governing body for ice hockey in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association (NIIHA), to help it promote the development of both professional and amateur ice hockey in Northern Ireland. In addition, the Sports Council is providing ongoing advice and guidance to a range...
Baroness Billingham: ...for sport and doubtless arguing for the Government to do even more. More money—this time from the Treasury, with the Chancellor's blessing and endorsement—means that community amateur sports clubs, at last freed from the shackles of crippling rates and tax, are able to concentrate on opening their doors and welcoming in their local communities. Even more money is to be invested in our...
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The table lists all of the facilities that form part of the English Institute of Sport. Core EIS Capital Programme Sport Facility provision Site Hockey Water-based hockey pitch—2 upgrades University of Birmingham Hockey Water-based hockey pitch and floodlighting Polo Farm Sports Club/ Canterbury Hockey Clubs Multi Sports Science/Sports Med Equipment University of Bath ...
Margo MacDonald: ...get more people participating and money is required to do that. Young athletes, who are often from deprived areas, frequently need help to buy the kit. Do members know how much it costs to buy ice hockey kit—for those who happen to live around Ayr or Kirkcaldy? It is a lot of money. The clubs need money if young people are going to take part. By denying them it, we are selling Scottish...
Eric Joyce: ...says, and I recognise that there will be a burden on taxpayers. I shall try to respond to his comment in context, if I may. Community sports that are also Olympic sports include gymnastics, judo, hockey and basketball, and one can find people taking part in those sports in sports halls in our constituencies on any night of the week. I shall speak about judo, which has a noble history in...
John Randall: ...of the third XV at school, although injury prevented me from playing very much that season. In those days, I was a sleek three-quarter, although I could now be an honorary member of the front row club. Latterly, I have become a keen supporter and spectator of the game, but I try not to be an expert, as many people do when they grow grumpier and older. I am proud to be a vice-president of...
Baroness Michie of Gallanach: ...part in sport. Those who come from a sporting family, as I fortunately do, are at a great advantage. My father and nephew played rugby for Scotland—at different times, obviously; my mother played hockey and tennis at school; and at various stages at school and beyond I was able to play netball, hockey, tennis, squash and golf. Sporting parents are great role models for their children,...
Andy Reed: I do not think that I have played Blaydon, but as I still participate most weekends, I look forward to doing so. I shall come to my personal experience at grass-roots level. Birstall rugby club is about as grass roots as one can get, as I shall explain. I want to explore where we were in 2002 when "Game Plan" was written, where we are going, where we are hoping to go by 2020 and whether we...
Lord Tebbit: ...who dares to speak the truth about the matter. The noble Lord, Lord Carlile, properly referred to some of the problems in sport. When a six foot eight inch, 22 stone lady turns up to join the hockey club and denies that she has changed gender, who can attest to the contrary? Her birth certificate will have been altered and it will be a criminal offence for anyone to reveal that fact. Just...
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: The allocation of funds from the Capital Modernisation Fund to support amateur sports clubs was announced by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in November 2002. The governing bodies which are included in the resulting Community Club Development Programme were announced in May 2003, as follows: the Rugby Football Union, the Football Association, the England and Wales...
Tessa Jowell: The £60 million Community Club Development Programme will run from 2003–04 to 2005–06, and is designed to effect improvements in facility provision at amateur sports clubs. In selecting the sports which will benefit, the Government considered participation rates and the abilities of governing bodies to deliver improvement quickly. As a result, the programme will be delivered by...
Ms Estelle Morris: The Rugby Football Union, the Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, and the Lawn Tennis Association have been allocated £9.4 million each from the Community Club Development Programme over the period 2003–04 to 2005–06 (the first year of which is funded from the Capital Modernisation Fund). The following governing bodies have been allocated £20 million between them...
Richard Caborn: Under the Community Club Development Programme, a total of £60 million has been made available over 2003–06 for the development of facilities at community sports clubs. Of that total, tennis will receive £9.4 million as one of four major participation sports (the others being football, rugby and cricket). Netball, hockey and swimming will receive £1.66 million each. The Government have...
Angela Smith: ...'s leading sportspeople to prepare for competition at international level is through the Sports Council's Talented Athlete' programmes. All athletes granted Talented Athlete Lottery funding for Hockey, Swimming and Equestrianism, if selected for major international competition, would compete for Ireland. This is because the local provincial clubs are affiliated to All-Ireland Governing...
Andy Burnham: .... People are not crying out for more football on television; the balance is pretty good. What worries football supporters most is the game's parlous finances; the gulf between the big clubs and the rest. That is the biggest issue in the game today, and the EC's intervention has to take that into account. What grounds do we have to say that? Last year, the Football Association commissioned...
Richard Caborn: Through Sport England, community amateur sports clubs in England have received awards from the National Lottery since July 2002, as follows: Region Award Amount East Midlands 1,790,734 Eastern 1,063,485 London 1,884,299 North East 4,157,684 North West 2,953,210 South East 3,141,963 South West 4,720,592 West Midlands 358,554 Yorkshire 2,571,732 Total...
Baroness Blackstone: ...elsewhere in the country. Football will take place right across the UK as well as at Wembley and shooting will take place at Bisley. The assessment carried out by ARUP looked at the possibility of hockey being staged at the Charlton football club; the modern pentathlon at Crystal Palace; rowing at Enfield; tennis at Wimbledon; and so on. So there will be activities all over London and...
Malcolm Moss: I beg to move amendment No. 333, in clause 85, page 48, line 25, at end insert 'with the written support of one twentieth of the membership of that club'. I am sure that we are all familiar with several clubs; I will not mention any specifically and say whether they are Conservative, rugby, hockey, cricket or other types. In my experience, few clubs run completely smoothly all the time....
Richard Caborn: ...04Coach Education Programme available for Borough Coaches Basketball (P1) Come and Try It Sessions =16 boys attendedCoaching Course = 25 boys and girls attendedDistrict Camps for boys and girlsClubs: London Lords and London UnitedCoach Education Programme Come and Try It Sessions2 x Mixed Coaching CoursesDistrict Camps for boys and girlsClubs: London UnitedCoach Education Programme ...
