Barbara Keeley
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(11 years, 8 months ago)
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Maria Miller
I thank my hon. Friend for that question. The Olympics also played their part in Essex, which hosted the mountain biking competition, at Hadleigh farm. The Government will continue to do everything they can to support tourism in Essex, and I hope to come along and see it for myself in the not-too-distant future.
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab)
T2. The all-party group on women’s sport and fitness wants to see our fantastic women athletes in the media, inspiring girls and women of all ages to take part in sport. However, outside the Olympics, women’s sport gets 5% of the media coverage and less than 1% of the commercial sponsorship. Do Ministers agree that this must change, and will DCMS Ministers work with the all-party group over the coming months to ensure that it does?
The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Hugh Robertson)
The answer to that is absolutely yes. We were trying—[Interruption.]