The Assembly’s Economic Development, Culture, Sport and Tourism (EDCST) Committee will tomorrow question Kate Hoey MP, the Mayor’s Sports Commissioner, on what is being done to guarantee the capital a sporting legacy from the 2012 Games.
She will be joined by Stewart Lucas, Chief Executive of Interactive: Disabled Equality in Sport[1], to discuss the challenge of boosting disabled access.
The Committee is investigating[2] what has been achieved since the publication of the Mayor’s 2008 strategy, A Sporting Future for London[3]. Members are likely to question Ms Hoey on how much of the £15m budget has been spent, how government spending cuts will effect sports provision and what is being done to widen access.
The EDCST Committee meeting will take place on Tuesday, 7 September from 10am in Committee Room 5 at City Hall (The Queen’s Walk, London SE1).
Media and members of the public are invited to attend. The meeting can also be viewed via webcast at: http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/the-london-assembly/webcasts
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Notes for Editors:
- http://www.interactive.uk.net/
- More information on the investigation is available here.
- http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor/publications/olympics-and-sport/sporting-future-london
- Full agenda papers for the meeting are available here.
- The Chair of the EDCST Committee, Len Duvall AM, is available for interview. See contact details below.
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
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