Sport England: Female Activity

Baroness O'Cathain Excerpts

Monday 9th March 2020 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Barran]

That is a very good question which might apply to a number of us in this House. Sport England is working with women over 61 and, as I mentioned earlier, the biggest increase in participation has been in that older age group.

[Baroness O'Cathain (Con)]

My Lords, do the Government agree that promotion of walking and other solo sports is needed now? With over a quarter of a million women taking over two and a half hours of exercise a week, there is a risk that increased inactivity with Covid-19—this is all I can say about the new problem—will reverse the current benefits.