HC Deb 16 March 1984 vol 56 c298W
Mrs. Peacock

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the report on recreation management training.

Mr. Macfarlane

The report is being published today and I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Library of the House.

I welcome this report, which is a comprehensive survey of training in recreation management. It will be of value and interest to a broad range of organisations in the field of provision for leisure, sport and recreation. Some of the changes in the field of recreation management recommended by the report are already in hand. There is one specific recommendation for Government, on which I should comment. We see no clear role for, or need of, a national leisure council. Various statutory bodies already exist with an interest in leisure provision; their roles should not be duplicated. If there is a need for better co-ordination, I look to the bodies concerned to achieve this.