§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he has had or intends to have with the British Paraplegic Sports Society following the organisation's decision to ban from all international competition Mrs. Maggie Jones of Edinburgh for distributing antiapartheid leaflets at the European paraplegic championships.
§ Mr. MonroIt is not for me to intervene in disputes between individual sportsmen and sportswomen and their governing bodies, and I have no plans to do so in this particular instance.
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§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what Government support is currently being given to the British Paraplegic Sports Society; and if he will consider his Department's position in this respect in light of the recent ban from international competition of Mrs. Maggie Jones of Edinburgh.
§ Mr. MonroAll Government funds for sport are disbursed by the Sports Council, an independent body under its Royal Charter. It gives no administrative grant to the British Paraplegic Sports Society, although it gives financial assistance in the preparation, training and travel to international paraplegic sports meetings. I understand that the level of financial support for the current year has not yet been settled.