Sport England: Female Activity Debate
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Baroness O'Cathain
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Sport England: Female Activity
Baroness O'Cathain Excerpts(4 years, 10 months ago)
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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.