§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received concerning representation of the disabled on the Sports Council; what replies he has made; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsI have had correspondence and a meeting with representatives of the British Sports Association for the Disabled. None of the members of the Sports Council has been appointed to serve in a representative capacity; but one member with long experience of work with the physically handicapped has been asked by the Chairman to take a special interest in the sports interests of the disabled.
The experience and help of bodies representing the disabled is being actively sought by the Council. The British Sports Association for the Disabled, while maintaining the hope that the Council membership may at some time include a disabled person, expressed appreciation of the arrangements made. I have referred to these also in reply to an inquiry from the Central Council for the Disabled.