Extracts from
Opposition day debate on Discrimination in Sport
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
(Jeremy Wright):...I welcome the English Football League policy to
make sure BME first team manager candidates will get additional
opportunities to be considered for roles at the highest
levels. Sport
England has also been investing £2 million each
year to increase the number of qualified coaches in the game, with
a particular emphasis on supporting bursaries for BME coaches. And
through our sports governance code launched in 2017, we are aiming
for greater diversity on the boards of our national governing
bodies not just because it is the right thing to do but because
diversity of thought leads to a higher quality of decision making.
If our governing bodies are to fully reflect the communities they
represent, we need to make sure they reflect the make-up of our
society...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport (Mims Davies):...In response to my hon.
Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas), sport absolutely can
address inequalities. Whether it is an arena or a stadium, the
inspirational opportunity provided by getting facilities is vital.
I have directed Sport
England to work closely with the stadium
developers in Cornwall to help them to improve their business case.
The significant expertise that we have in this area has been very
helpful. I continue to monitor the feedback to make sure that that
business case is managed...
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Extract from
end of day adjournment debate on Cornish Wrestling
(North Cornwall) (Con):...My first
objective is to raise the profile of this wonderful traditional
sport. I hope that we have managed to do that through the debate.
Secondly, I seek the Minister’s support in getting help
from Sport
England to recognise Cornish wrasslin as a
defined sport. That would allow Celtic tournaments between Brittany
and Cornwall to continue. Sport England generously gave
Cornwall £9,000 in 2012, and I hope that we can restore some of
that funding...
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture,
Media and Sport (Mims Davies):...On Sport England and grassroots funding, the
investment of £9,000 helped with the school taster days, which
saw several hundred children taking part. Sport
England also funded some new equipment, including
mats and jackets, to encourage a new generation of Cornish boys
and girls to experience the sport. I am sure that, like me, it
will have heard the plea.
In the last five years, Sport England has invested £7.3 million
in projects in Cornwall, with the aim of getting more people
physically active. We have heard about other sports. The Bude
Surf Life Saving club in North Cornwall is helping to get more
women involved and it received £9,000, which seems like a lucky
figure in Cornwall. Sport England has also invested over
£75,000 of its community asset fund in Newquay Town Council to
help with the skate park and to help to provide broad
opportunities to get active. We need to shift the dial—sorry, I
am falling over a pen here; that is nearly a sporting injury—when
it comes to all our communities getting active and staying
active.
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