§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment on what date or dates the Sports Council is to meet representatives of the British Mountaineering Council and the Mountain Leaders' Training Board; whether these discussions will include the provision of training grants; if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe Chairman of the Sports Council has informed me that meetings of the Sports Development Committee of the Sports Council have been arranged with the Mountain Leaders' Training Board and the British Mountaineering Council on 21st November, and that discussions will include the provision of training grants.
§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultation the Sports Council had with 79W the British Mountaineering Council before deciding to reduce its training grant; on what date or dates such consultation took place; and whether he will advise the Sports Council to hold adequate consultations before altering the level of such grants to sports bodies.
§ Mr. Denis HowellI am informed that, as the British Mountaineering Council decided of its own accord to discontinue its administration service to the Mountain Leaders' Training Board, the Sports Council had to withdraw the element of grant attributable to this service.