Extract from Lords consideration of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (Compensation for Enforcement Action) Regulations 2021 - June 30
Thursday, 1 July 2021 08:09
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport (Baroness Barran) (Con):...I must
apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Bassam; the connection was
slightly coming in and out, so I did not catch exactly his question
on the athletes’ village in Perry Barr. The decision to move away
from a single athletes’ village was obviously made as a result of
the impact of the pandemic. The Perry Barr regeneration scheme is
bringing more than 1,400 new homes to...Request free trial
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department
for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ()
(Con):...I must apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Bassam;
the connection was slightly coming in and out, so I did not catch
exactly his question on the athletes’ village in Perry Barr. The
decision to move away from a single athletes’ village was obviously
made as a result of the impact of the pandemic. The Perry Barr
regeneration scheme is bringing more than 1,400 new homes to this
part of the city and will still be delivered as planned by
Birmingham City Council. We believe we have an excellent solution
which will provide the 6,500 athletes and team officials coming to
the Games with best-in-class facilities at three sites: the
University of Birmingham, the NEC and the University of Warwick...
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