Sport England: Female Activity

Baroness Blackstone Excerpts
Monday 9th March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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The Government have certainly tried to take the learning from this campaign and apply it as widely as possible.

Baroness Blackstone Portrait Baroness Blackstone (Ind Lab)
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My Lords, why should girls not continue to be active at a later age? Why is there a cut-off point of 60?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran
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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.