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Schools Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 18 July 2022. It occurred during Debate on bills on Schools Bill [HL].

My Lords, it is now my job to hang on to the coattails of the people who did the real work on this and say thank you to the Minister.

I do not know whether the fact that this amendment to the Bill is not to be accepted says something about confidence in the future of the Bill or the timescale involved. I hope the Minister will be able to tell us roughly the timescale on which this part of the coverage will be brought in.

Schools are an important factor; they predominantly deal with most of the sporting activity of the very young. However, while the correct terminology totally escapes me—the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, had it earlier—other heart problems will occur in middle-aged men running around trying to lose a few pounds; a group which I am probably waving goodbye to even now. We are setting down that other people will have heart conditions, which is helpful.

Getting this into other sports facilities is a fairly cheap, easy way of avoiding early death. If the Government could give us some idea of the plan for the future, after this provision—I am basically asking about the timescale, implementation and future development—that would be very helpful.

I say thank you to the Minister for this one, and to the Government, but hope it is just part of ensuring that we have universal coverage for those places where sport is usually played. It is a good start but is not the end of this story.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
823 cc1851-2 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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