Sport: Governance Standards

Lord Anderson of Swansea Excerpts

Tuesday 3rd May 2016 Lords Chamber

[The Earl of Courtown]

My Lords, the noble Baroness is quite right. Particularly given her experience of sports administration, one should listen very carefully to what she has to say. Sports governing bodies are taking all these aspects into account, and they must establish methods and systems so that whistleblowers can carry out their role.

[Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)]

Does the noble Earl agree that my noble friend Lord Triesman deserves an apology from the relevant authorities, because he was right when it was not politic to be right about corruption? What efforts will the Government make to ensure greater transparency when there are major decisions to be taken on the location of events?