Culture Media and Sport written question – answered am ar 30 Ebrill 2009.
Jeremy Hunt
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had any recent discussions with (i) the Secretary of State for Scotland and (ii) Scottish Executive Ministers on National Lottery funding for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Barbara Follett
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Culture), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has had regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Scotland on matters relating to the Commonwealth Games, sport and the National Lottery. He also discussed the legacy for the Commonwealth Games with the Scottish Minister for Public Health and Sport (Shona Robison MSP) on
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