Although I accept, as the Minister says, that the Bill makes minor amendments to the legislation that came in some five years ago, does he share the concern that has been expressed by some constituents, with which I have sympathy, that because of the nature of the agreement with the International Olympic Committee, we risk having almost a state within a state in the vicinity of the Olympic park during August 2012? There will be rights of seizure of infringing articles, essentially to protect the interests of the sponsors who, I accept, have put significant amounts of money into the games. Does he share the concerns about the undermining of fundamental liberties that we all take for granted because of the agreement with the IOC to stage the Olympics here in the UK?
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Mark Field
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 28 April 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill.
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