00:00Market Drayton, in my constituency, has really poor grassroots sports facilities for a town
00:07that serves more than 12,500 people. Shropshire's Conservatives will not allocate any of the
00:12still money from the significant recent development there to improving the facilities, so will
00:16the Secretary of State meet me to discuss how we can get proper funding in to provide
00:19Market Drayton, Shropshire's third-largest town, with the sports facilities it deserves?
00:23I am sorry to hear that she is not receiving the support that she needs, but we are absolutely
00:27determined to provide it to her and any other Member of this House that is a champion of
00:31grassroots sports facilities. I know that sites in Market Drayton have been awarded
00:35grants totalling over £6,000 through the multi-sport grassroots facilities programme,
00:40but we are also very aware that there are huge numbers of people, particularly young
00:43people, who want to get involved in sports, and we will work with her to make that a reality.
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