Laurence Robertson
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(14 years, 6 months ago)
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Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con)
T4. The Secretary of State was right to refer to the football World cup and the Wimbledon tennis tournament, which are taking place at the moment. May I remind him of the sport that attracts the second highest number of spectators in the country—horse racing? It continues to produce a magnificent sporting product, including the Cheltenham gold cup in my constituency and Royal Ascot, which was last week, but horse racing does not get the publicity that it deserves. Is there anything that the Secretary of State can do to help it to increase its profile, because it has many good—
Mr Speaker
Order. Let me say to the hon. Gentleman that races must come to an end.