Lord Austin of Dudley
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(14 years ago)
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Mr Hayes
The right hon. Lady will know that the evidence that I described in answer to an earlier question is clear about the ineffectiveness of EMA. That is supported by a letter that I received recently from north-west England from a teacher with 12 years’ experience in her area who said:
“I would like you to withdraw EMA”
because it is just not effective. We act on the basis of evidence.
Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab)
18. What assessment he has made of the likely effects on sport in schools of planned changes in his Department’s expenditure.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Tim Loughton)
The planned changes in the Department’s expenditure on school sport, beginning in 2011-12, will enable us to deliver on our coalition Government commitment to create an annual Olympic-style school sport event to encourage more competitive sport in schools.
Ian Austin
Just because the Secretary of State hated sport when he was at school, that is no reason to deprive today’s youngsters of the opportunity to take part. When we came to power, just two out of 10 youngsters did two hours of sport a week; today the figure is nine out of 10, as a result of the extra funding and support that we put in. How many will it be as a result of the Government’s cuts?