Oral Answers to Questions

Charlie Elphicke Excerpts

Monday 21st June 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

We are strongly in favour of supporters’ trusts being set up and represented on the boards of football teams, and of the presence of a football element in the legacy of the 2012 stadium. Most of all, however, we want to ensure that there is a sporting legacy that touches every school in the country, whether or not it is within travelling distance of the big Olympic venues.

[Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con)]

A strong start can lead to the greatest of legacies. May I ask the Secretary of State whether the torch can come to Britain via Dover?

[Mr Hunt]

I welcome my hon. Friend to the House. He makes a powerful case, and I am sure that he will continue to do so.