§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in the light of the fact that the British Sports Association for the Disabled was not on the list of persons and bodies consulted about the paper "Competition in the Management of Local Authority Sport and Recreation Facilities", what provisions he is now making for the disabled to take part in the consultation process.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe list of consultees attached to the Consultation Paper were those to whom the document was sent on publication in September 1987. Included on that list were the Central Council of Physical Recreation, as the umbrella body for governing bodies of sport, and the Sports Council. Subsequently, on 2 October 1987 copies of the paper were sent to over 60 individual governing bodies including the British Sports Association for the Disabled (BSAD). If we decide to proceed with competition in the management of local authority sport and leisure facilities we shall be undertaking further consultation on the necessary order before it is laid in Parliament. The BSAD would then be consulted again.