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Julian Knight
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(6 years ago)
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Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con)
Women’s Twenty20 cricket is a fantastic spectator and TV sport. May we have it in the Commonwealth games?
Jeremy Wright
We will certainly consider that. I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s advocacy for the game. He is right to say that women’s cricket is starting to take off, and he will know that recently, viewing figures for women’s cricket have increased substantially. It is important that the Commonwealth games showcases in the United Kingdom—and more specifically, he would want me to say, in the west midlands—all such sports in any way we can. He will recognise that decisions on which sports are included are not solely—or indeed at all—a matter for the Government, but I understand his point of view.