Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Vaizey of Didcot and Stephen Phillips

Thursday 3rd March 2016 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Edward Vaizey)]

I am pleased to be able to tell the hon. Gentleman that the emergency services network proposals will see 300 new mobile masts built, and our mobile infrastructure programme will see 75 miles covered. Our changes to the licences of mobile providers will require 90% geographical coverage, which will also result in improvements in mobile coverage.

[Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con)]

T6. My right hon. Friend the Sports Minister pro tem will have seen yesterday’s suggestion from distinguished luminaries in the medical world—including from places such as the University of the Pacific, wherever that might be—that we ban any form of tackling in rugby in schools. Does he agree that it is time to stop this mollycoddling of young people, and, while doing all we can to ensure that sport is safe, to let schools get on with teaching contact sports and the values that they represent?