Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Julian Knight and Marco Longhi

Thursday 16th January 2020 Commons Chamber

[Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con)]

6. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the 2022 Commonwealth games deliver benefits throughout the west midlands.

[Marco Longhi (Dudley North) (Con)]

13. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the 2022 Commonwealth games deliver benefits throughout the west midlands.

[The Minister for Sport, Media and Creative Industries (Nigel Adams)]

Birmingham ’22 will be the biggest sporting event ever held in the west midlands, with the region set to benefit from £778 million of public investment, and with venues spanning the whole region, from Cannock Chase in the north to Coventry and Leamington Spa in the south. With a cultural programme running alongside the games, there will be an opportunity for everyone in the west midlands to get involved.