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UK Basketball

Proceeding contribution from Tracey Crouch (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 February 2018. It occurred during Debate on UK Basketball.

I hear what the right hon. Gentleman is saying. That is why it is important that we continue to invest in the grassroots and community delivery. I completely empathise and sympathise with the points that he and others have made about the talent pathway. That is why we need to continue to have these conversations, particularly around 3 on 3 funding.

As other colleagues have mentioned, basketball is not the only Olympic sport that UK Sport does not fund. While I completely agree about the good opportunities it can deliver in communities—that is why we will continue to do much through grassroots development—many other sports could set out equally credible reasons to receive elite-level support on a variety of different funding criteria. Eleven governing bodies, including British Basketball, did just that most recently under the banner of “Every sport matters”. I have all 11 in mind as we consider the asks made today.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
636 c25WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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