Birmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]
Debate between Lord Addington and Lord Campbell of PittenweemWednesday 23rd October 2019
(4 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Addington (LD)
My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness to her role. This is a very happy and really unusual moment in this House, in that we have something that we all agree on. I encourage everybody to, first, apply for tickets, and, secondly, to look to sponsor another big sporting event soon.
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (LD)
My Lords, briefly, I associate myself with the expressions of support we have already heard. There is no question but that Birmingham has done both the Commonwealth and sport a great advantage through its willingness to take on the production of these Games at short notice after a previous candidate had to withdraw. So far as we can see, the arrangements are proceeding at pace and are well judged. On this occasion, we can comprehensively wish Birmingham a good strong following wind.