Member

I hope that we hear broad support from this amendment around the House, as we heard in the Commons. I hope that the Minister will take this seriously and will be prepared to have a meeting with noble Lords who are interested and with Play England, to see whether this can be taken forward as a constructive, practical step. We need to provide a foundation of health and well-being for our young people. This is a way of giving local authorities the responsibility to do that. As we were discussing in the last group, we may have local authorities with different political groups in power and with different perspectives. But giving our young people a healthy environment is surely something that the Government here in Westminster have a responsibility to deliver for all the children in England.