Speeches by Peacock.

“Indeed, yes, and perhaps they will take that away. We are very keen to work closely across government. I have spoken to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on a number of occasions about a number of different issues, and that is perhaps something I can take away and follow up with them.”

“I do acknowledge that, and that is why I had the five governing bodies in yesterday to the Department because we want to move at pace and we are going to make those decisions over the summer.”

“That is a good example. I am really pleased to hear you had a successful campaign. Through our active partnerships, we absolutely want to bring together everyone in the local area—local councils, sports clubs, schools and so on. I do appreciate the pressure that councils have been under and refer back to the evidence y…”

“It depends on what part of the sector you are talking about. Leisure is an obvious example but there may be other areas and we are open to all suggestions. I don’t know if you want to come in on that, Adam?”

“We are working through that over the summer and hope to make an announcement by the autumn.”

“We have a positive story to tell. Half a billion pounds across sport and school sport is going in this year alone, and if you look at the funding settlement, it is £400 million on grassroots, half a billion on major events, £344 million on Olympic and Paralympic, and £250 million for Sport England. But I think the ques…”

“There is absolutely a role to attract private investment and indeed we already do that with a lot of our match funding. The Football Foundation with the Premier League is the most obvious example, but to take the example of public leisure, of course that is quite challenging because it falls to local authorities. Peter…”

“No, indeed, they are not.”

“Can I add to that? I think there is a real opportunity, just very briefly. We talked about the big sports and they do fabulous programmes and we have talked about some of them, but there is a real opportunity—we spoke about this when we met and we had the roundtable—of sports going in and being able to help train teach…”

“We continue to talk to the ECB. I spoke to them again yesterday. I was at Edgbaston a few weeks ago and had conversations with them there. Chance to Shine is a fantastic programme. I saw it first-hand in my own constituency in a school in Worsbrough, and they came down with the same kids for their 20th anniversary. I a…”

“Yes, of course. If you take Mole Valley, which I quoted, I think it is the most active area, but even within that area, there will be parts of that locality that do not fit with the trend. I completely recognise that it is not completely black and white.”

“We are actively looking at all options. I don’t know if Adam Conant wants to come in on some of the work that we are doing.”

“That is one of my biggest priorities. As I said, I think the story of inactivity is a story of inequality. I see it very clearly in my own constituency. It is simply not right that someone in Barnsley South lives seven years fewer than people somewhere just five miles down the road. It is important that we do that comm…”

“That goes back to the point around place-based community decision making. We want to talk to local communities and hear what they have to say, rather than it being piecemeal by sport.”

“I think they are hugely important. I was interested to hear the evidence that you took on it, particularly cheerleading. It is brilliant to see it recognised as a sport. I know they are going through the process of being recognised as a national governing body. Because they are a higher-risk sport, they need to do that…”

“I think we have a fantastic story in this country. We are a nation of sports people, and we can look at our performance in major sporting events, not just performing in them but hosting them—in 1996, we had one gold medal. Look at where we have transformed that to. We know that Team GB, both Olympic and Paralympic, do …”

“I think that is an important point and something that is at the forefront of my mind. Whether it be ethnic background, whether it be women and girls, whether it be disability or class, I think it is so important. That is why we are moving to a place-based decision-making model because we want to listen to communities a…”

“That is a good question. You mentioned leisure and taking leisure as an example. It does not fall in my Department, it obviously falls to local government, but it is a huge part of getting people active, and we are very keen to look at creative solutions as to how we can tackle that. I am also the Minister for the Impa…”

“I think it has to be a balance. In lots of areas, there will sometimes be high-risk sports. They will be working with young people and children, so I do not think it is quite as simple as cutting the red tape, for want of a better description. Of course, we want to make it as straightforward as possible and in a differ…”

“Of course, and if you go back to the cricket domes, where there are cricket domes, we will be covering tennis courts. I know there are fairly affordable ways to do that, but it will be part of our business planning and part of the £400 million allocation.”