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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 September 2025

Debate

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Contribution

The Minister may well be able to convince me, but at the moment there is only a big plan that is going to do big things, and it should take all this into account. But that is not enough, because there are many big plans going through. There were big plans before Sport England had this and we were losing playing fields at a phenomenal rate because homes are more important than playing fields, despite the fact that playing fields lead to better community activity and mean that voluntary groups can get in and help youngsters. There are numerous sports activities such as the Ace Programme Charity and TackleLondon, which is a rugby programme I know, but they need playing fields. Without them, you have not got anything. Will we get to a point where the Government are prepared to let us know what this is, so we can go back and ask if this is enough? Is the Minister prepared to undertake that?

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