Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Greg Mulholland Excerpts
Thursday 21st April 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Members have got to determine their own priorities in these matters. I say to the House that somebody who wants to contribute to the next series of exchanges, which are rather important, is apparently supposed to be serving on some Statutory Instrument Committee. Well, I know what I would do if I wanted to speak in the debate: the SI Committee can wait till another time, another century.

Greg Mulholland Portrait Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD)
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There is huge excitement in Yorkshire that local hero and world champion Lizzie Armitstead is lining up in the women’s Tour de Yorkshire a week on Saturday. Just as significantly, it will be the most lucrative women’s cycling race in the calendar, and the whole event will be televised. May we have a debate on how we can do more to support women’s sport, to give it parity of coverage and financial reward with men’s sport?