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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RESIGNATION AT SPORT ENGLAND (15 October 2002)

Motion Details

That this House notes with concern the deepening crisis at Sport England as evidenced by the Government's failure to appoint a successor to the retiring Chairman Mr Trevor Brooking and the announcement yesterday of the resignation of its Chief Executive, Mr David Moffatt, after less than one year in office; further notes that nine of the 15 council members posts are currently vacant; believes that the problems at Sport England are the direct result of the Government's ill conceived plan to strip Sport England of its role in delivering sports programmes and to divide Sport England into nine regional boards; further notes the recent comments of the retiring Chairman Mr Brooking criticising the Government's failure to invest in sport; further notes that Sport England has still not been advised of the level of its Exchequer funding for the 2003 to 2006 spending review period; further notes the additional funding pressures caused by the Government's mismanagement of the National Lottery; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to reverse these policies that are undermining English sport and to reassert Sport England's strategic role as the predominant Government agency for sport in England.

Sponsored by:
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
46
90%
 
 
Independent
3
6%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
2%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (51 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Con
Mr John Baron
Con
Lord Bellingham
Con
Lord Blencathra
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Mr Colin Breed
UUP
David Burnside
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Mr John Greenway
Con
Charles Hendry
Con
Mr Mark Hoban
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Con
Robert Key
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Mr George Osborne
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Mark Simmonds
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Lord Swire
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir John Whittingdale (Sponsor)
Maldon
Con
Mr David Wilshire

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