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HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportI am sure that my noble friend also was pleased to see the appointment of Clare Connor as the first female president of the MCC. There is a great commitment to getting cricket…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportMy Lords, it is vital that we continue to strive for greater equality and opportunity in sport. I am keen that we maintain the focus on women’s sport and build on the fantastic…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportParticularly in relation to Covid, we have made a generous funding package available. More broadly, we are working with the governing bodies of all sports to make sure that…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportMy noble friend is right that more needs to be done to tackle the decline of physical activity through secondary school. One way we are approaching that is through Sport England,…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportThe Government have been working very closely through the recreation and leisure task force, as the noble Baroness may be aware, to plan for the reopening of community sports…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportMy noble friend is absolutely right. Women now make up an average of 40% of board members across bodies funded by Sport England and UK Sport. Three-quarters of these sports have…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportThis is a highly relevant topic. The noble Lord is right about the opportunity to broadcast some of the inspiring women’s games that have taken place. Obviously, the editorial…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportI think the noble Baroness knows the answer to her question. Of course senior role models are absolutely critical, and we are fortunate to have several in this House, including…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Women’s SportThe noble Lord is absolutely right. As I have declared previously in this House, I am a shareholder in Bath City Football Club—so we are as one on the importance of grass-roots…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillIt is still the Government’s intention to deliver gigabit-capable connections to every home and business in the UK as soon as possible. We seek to do that by 2025. The noble Lord…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, Amendment 6 raises the important issue of competition, about which I think we are all in agreement. Of course the Government think that no operator should be able to…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I thank the House for the opportunity to respond to this important debate at this stage, and the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his very generous words. I found the…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I shall speak first to Amendments 1 and 2. I thank noble Lords for again bringing forward these amendments, one of which is identical to an amendment tabled in…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I start again by thanking your Lordships for giving me the opportunity to speak, rather unusually, in the middle of this very important debate. In no way was there any…29 Jun 2020HANSARDTelecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords for tabling this amendment, which I note is a revised version of the amendment tabled in Committee. I very much appreciate the spirit of this…29 Jun 2020HANSARDGambling AdvertisingOn gambling advertising on television, again, this feels counterintuitive, but the data from the ASA shows that in 2013 children saw 4.4 gambling ads each week and that had fallen…25 Jun 2020HANSARDGambling AdvertisingI thank my noble friend for his honesty and his question. We will obviously be reviewing a range of options when we come to review the Gambling Act. The evidence around the impact…25 Jun 2020HANSARDGambling AdvertisingMy Lords, I struggled slightly to hear the noble Lord’s question, so if my answer is not accurate I will happily write, but I think the question was around social media. A lot of…25 Jun 2020HANSARDGambling AdvertisingThe main metric that the Government use to measure the extent of problem gambling is the British Gambling Prevalence Survey, which looks at population levels of problem gambling.…25 Jun 2020HANSARDGambling AdvertisingMy Lords, gambling advertising is subject to strict controls on content and placement wherever it appears. Ads must never seek to target children or vulnerable people, and the ASA…25 Jun 2020