Commonwealth Games: Wales Debate

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Jessica Morden

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Commonwealth Games: Wales

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Future Day:
Thu 17th Mar 2016
House of Commons
Wednesday 16th March 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Craig Williams Portrait Craig Williams
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The hon. Gentleman—hon. Friend, I think, on this issue—hits the nail on the head: this would be a Welsh bid. That is why I named this Adjournment debate not “The Commonwealth Games for Cardiff”, as you might have expected me unabashedly to do, Mr Speaker, but “The Commonwealth Games for Wales”.

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In the spirit of consensus, I will take one more intervention, from the hon. Lady, and then make some progress.

Jessica Morden Portrait Jessica Morden
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Newport kindly shared the NATO summit with Cardiff. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there would be huge potential for Cardiff to share the games with Newport, given our excellent facilities and expertise in planning this type of event?

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