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HANSARD Sport in the UKI thank my hon. Friend for making that valuable point. If we do not invest in our young people at grassroots level, we will be fuelling our obesity crisis even further. If the…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI would like to begin by sending all our best wishes to Cardiff City FC and its fans, who sang continuously throughout the match against Bournemouth on Saturday, in memory of…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI thank my hon. Friend for his excellent intervention, and I share his thoughts, views and feelings that everyone should be paid the wages that they deserve, particularly when…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point. Of course parents’ encouragement is a factor, but we cannot run away from the fact that this Government have cut 35,000 hours of…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI agree. No sport should be left out and no one should feel that they are not part of the conversation and benefiting from pots of money that may be available. I am going to make…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKI know that my hon. Friend has been tireless in his pursuit of ensuring that basketball gets the funding it deserves. I also know that, like me, he was staggered to discover that…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsFootball supporters are repeatedly made worse off when fixtures are rescheduled. Fans’ representatives from every single premier league club agree that it is time for action. The…31 Jan 2019HANSARD Grassroots Football Funding: Wembley StadiumWe see hundreds of grass pitches close each year because of cuts. Although the football world does its bit to invest in the grassroots, more could always be done, especially given…22 Jan 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeAfter a worrying upward trend in violent crime in Tooting, I held a crime summit that brought together the police, local authorities and community groups. That kind of joined-up,…21 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActYesterday, working in my emergency department as a doctor, I looked around the waiting room and saw it all on display: people’s pain, their hopes, their fears, their courage.…15 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhile working a night shift in A&E this weekend, I was struck by the fact that I was working alongside so many members of staff from our EU—Italian, Irish and Spanish. I am proud…15 Jan 2019HANSARDPublic Transport: Sporting Events14. If he will hold discussions with the Rail Delivery Group and the Premier League on public transport for people travelling to sporting events.10 Jan 2019HANSARDPublic Transport: Sporting EventsFootball fans in this country are often stung when fixtures are rescheduled for TV, meaning that they regularly miss out on the cheapest train tickets. The Premier League, the…10 Jan 2019