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HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [ Lords ]I thank Opposition Members for their comments. This topic will be hotly debated, and I know that the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is aware of these issues and…17 Mar 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [ Lords ]I thank all hon. Members for their participation today, and I thank everyone else involved. The speed of progress today should not be misinterpreted as lack of scrutiny. We have…17 Mar 2020HANSARD Football Attendances: VARIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) for securing today’s debate and for the contribution he…17 Mar 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [ Lords ]I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 34, page 20, line 16, leave out subsection (2). I have rarely been in a Committee where the Chair has spoken more than the Committee members.…17 Mar 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [ Lords ]I very much appreciate the comments made by the hon. Lady, and the tone that she and the Opposition parties have adopted towards the Bill to date. I completely agree with her…17 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2020. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. The…16 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Grants to the Churches Conservation Trust Order 2020I thank my good friend the hon. Member for City of Chester for his kind words in his introduction, and I would like to reciprocate. It has been a genuine pleasure to work with him…16 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe want to get more women and girls embracing sport and physical activity. Sport England’s “This Girl Can” campaign has already inspired 3.9 million women to get active. Sport…11 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms…10 Mar 2020HANSARDDraft Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020I thank the hon. Members for their comments. Let me give a little reassurance about the issues they raised. In our manifesto, we committed to a review of the Gambling Act to make…10 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Today, on Commonwealth Day, I rise to open the Second Reading debate on the Commonwealth games Bill. The 2022 games, held…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank the right hon. Member for his comments. Indeed, I think we have seen a spirit of cross-party co-operation already and that we will continue to see it throughout the…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I shall indeed come on to those comments, and I am sure that we shall discuss them in Committee. Before I respond to the questions asked by colleagues, I should like to praise the…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for those comments. She hits on a very important part of the games’ purpose, its legacy, and indeed, the Government’s sport strategy. We will be working…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank the hon. Member for that point and praise her for the work that she has done on unscrupulous secondary ticket sales. She makes a fair point. The dynamics and details of…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]The right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. The integration of transport and the co-operation of all stakeholders in the run-up to the games, as well as during and after, is…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I am afraid the hon. Gentleman is giving me powers I do not have. He knows that these decisions are made elsewhere, but I am sure he will continue to make his case. He has already…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. I can assure him—I will come to this later in my speech—that the financial governance of the games is very strong. Again, we are…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]I thank the Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee for those comments. He is aware that we are having these games in record time—considerably shorter than the…09 Mar 2020HANSARD Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [Lords]Legacy planning is already taking place. There is already a team within the organising committee focused on legacy, not just the physical legacy, important though that is—the…09 Mar 2020