We have always been clear that national sporting governing bodies will set their own policies for who can participate. It is incredibly important that we prioritise fairness, safety and competition, while balancing the need for inclusion and ensuring that everyone can participate.

The hon. Member will know that after the vandalism of the last Conservative Government, where sports, art, music, dance and drama—all those things that give young people the opportunities to live a richer, larger life—were downgraded on the curriculum and shamefully branded as Mickey Mouse subjects by a number of leading members of his Government, we have put them back at the centre of the curriculum. I think he referred to school sport partnerships, which we are strongly committed to. I have had discussions with the Health Secretary and the Education Secretary to ensure that we continue to fund those—it is something that the Prime Minister feels strongly about—to make sure that every young person has the opportunity to participate in sports.

The hon. Member is absolutely right to say that the Euros should be a cross-party endeavour that commands the support of the whole House and that it will have significant economic benefits for the UK; we believe that it will generate socioeconomic benefits of £3.2 billion across the UK. He is also right to say that there has to be a legacy for young people growing up in this country to have the opportunity to access sport. We have learned the lessons from the way in which the last Conservative Government squandered the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics and refused to cascade those benefits across the country. We are ensuring that we are investing in grassroots sport. He will know that the Sports Minister and I recently announced £400 million of investment to that end.

The Government believes in a more sensible and lighter-touch system. We do not want a reduction in grassroots facilities. The Sport Minister has been working with other Ministers to proceed sensibly, ensuring no reduction in the amount of available facilities.

More than 4,000 people have shown interest in skeleton due to Team GB's success. We must bring forward the next generation. Funding and recognising those who help athletes succeed will be key. It is long overdue that our honours system recognises ordinary people in grassroots sport.

As I outlined, this Government are putting their money where their mouth is. We have announced £400 million investment in grassroots sport. I have discussed this issue with the Planning Minister and I have heard the points he has made.

The Chancellor set out the Budget yesterday. We believe that we have made fair choices. The Minister responsible for gambling will have heard the hon. Gentleman’s question, and I will relay it to her.

The hon. Gentleman refers to a consultation being carried out by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and I have spoken to my ministerial counterpart. I remind the hon. Gentleman that it is this Government who have announced £400 million for grassroots facilities.

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but I think he might be mistaken. We are opening more CDCs than ever before—I have lost count of the amount of CDCs we have been invited to open—and we are making sure that people have access to diagnostics in their community, from hospital to community, with the most access that there has been for some years.

It was a real pleasure with the Prime Minister to meet the Lionesses before they went off and then on to victory in the Euros. We have been working closely with rugby football and other areas of women’s sport to advance this issue. The £400 million investment that I referenced in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for St Austell and Newquay (Noah Law) will double the number of places across the board, which will mean a significant increase in the number of women and girls able to access sports. My hon. Friend the Minister for Sport was pleased to launch the women’s sport taskforce which will really grip this issue. I am happy to work cross-party on that; it is something that the whole House should be able to get behind and support.

I absolutely recognise the point about fairness and safety, and I have had representations and conversations with many women athletes and competitors since taking office. Of course we want to be as inclusive as possible in the approach that we take but we recognise that fairness and safety really matter, and we have been supporting the sporting bodies in dealing with that. It is a matter for them but we stand ready to support.

In relation to the issues that the hon. Member raised about gambling we believe that the gambling industry is an important part of the UK economy. We know that it brings joy to millions of people. Of course future proposals on taxation are matters for the Treasury but I can reassure him that we regularly engage with the Treasury to ensure not just that the voice of stakeholders is heard but that we avoid any unintended consequences of tax reform.

I simply do not recognise the shadow Minister’s comments, and I will not take any lessons from the Conservatives on facilities, given that they oversaw a decade of council cuts that left many of our sport and leisure facilities in desperate need of renovation.

Schools funding is increasing by over £3.2 billion compared with 2024-25, meaning that core school budgets will total over £64.8 billion this year. The last Government sat on the pay review recommendations, leaving it for this Government to clean up. The Conservative party’s record on education was dismal; school buildings were crumbling and teachers were leaving the profession.

Our clean power mission will end our dependence on volatile fossil fuel markets, giving the British people the energy security they deserve and driving jobs and investment into our communities. I am glad the hon. Gentleman draws attention to the London power tunnels. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have visited them recently and they are a fantastic example of engineering and what we can achieve if we set ambitious targets in this area. However, I gently disagree with the hon. Gentleman on the wider point as we are going to have to build infrastructure across the country to get the benefits of renewable energy generation.

I can answer the hon. Gentleman’s question directly: I agree with the Sports Minister. We have absolutely no plans whatsoever to ban greyhound racing. We appreciate the joy it brings to many, many people in our country and the economic contribution it makes.

There is no reason that schools should need to make any kind of change. Of course, headteachers make practical decisions about how they feel they should run their schools. We are cutting the cost to parents and putting more money back in their pockets, unlike the Conservative party, which seems to oppose practical, straightforward measures to cut the cost of school uniform.

I think that was six questions rather than one. I will take no lectures from the hon. Gentleman on the state of the economy and the inheritance that we received. The Government are a huge champion of grassroots sport, and will continue to be one.

Let me gently say to the hon. Gentleman that he is well aware that in the decisions we took in the recent Budget, we protected the smallest businesses; more than half of businesses will pay either less or the same as they currently do. We will take no lectures from the Opposition about how to run the economy after 14 years, given the mess they left this country in.

I thank the hon. Member for raising a matter important to his constituency. My Department works closely with devolved arrangements in the UK, and it is important to work with them with respect and good faith. This question is clearly for the Mayor of London; we always take heed of the aggregate impact on business at every level of government.

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. Only recently, we have seen European countries having to wean themselves off Russian oil and gas. We cannot do that, only to become dependent on other parts of the world for our energy needs. Our plan will give British supply chains time to develop.

The Mayor of London seems to spend more time paying extremely expensive salaries to some of his key employees around Greater London. Of course, ULEZ has an effect on pensioners: whether they are going to the shops, visiting their family or attending hospital appointments, they will be the ones to pay the price for the Mayor's overweening ambition.

In 2023-24 we will spend over £152 billion on benefits for pensioners in Great Britain—5.9% of GDP—including a forecast £125.4 billion on the state pension.

Well said. The modern, diverse, economically prosperous Falkland Islands of today is testimony to the islanders' achievements since the 1982 conflict. The islanders are a valued part of the British family, and as long as they want to remain part of the family, sovereignty will not be up for discussion.

The UK Government will always protect and promote the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination. Only they can decide their future. We want a good relationship with Argentina, but have been very clear that we will never negotiate away the islanders' democratic rights.

The joint Ministry of Defence and Department for Education cadet expansion programme is progressing extremely well. Over 54,000 cadets are in school cadet units with a 400% increase in state sector units since 2012 to 268 schools.

In a challenging labour market, we continue to apply an array of measures to support recruitment and retention. These include the biggest pay rise in 20 years, flexible service and an improved accommodation offer.

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Bexley's apprenticeship event on 5 February will be a fantastic opportunity for local people to learn about the apprenticeships on offer in his constituency. We have transformed our apprenticeship system and are looking at ways to ensure its sustainability.

The Government have built one of the most powerful apprenticeship systems in the world, reaching nearly 700 different occupations from level 2 through to master's degree level 7. Over 5.7 million starts since 2010. There are now over 170 employer-designed degree-level apprenticeships available including for medical doctors, space engineers, midwives, social workers and more. We are providing an additional £40 million in the next two financial years to support providers.

It is not just me but Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies who, when talking about Labour's plan, has said that “additional borrowing…drives up interest rates”, which is, of course, a back-door tax rise on families with mortgages.

Work is positive, a force for good, and the system should be fair to both taxpayers and claimants. On average, those in work are some £6,000 better off per year, and Universal Credit was introduced because it makes work pay.

I would be happy to discuss any specific issues relating to the racecourse mentioned, and to see whether I can talk to colleagues in other Departments about that.

We absolutely recognise the relationship between betting and racing, and have no intention of over-regulating. We want to bring uniformity to the current inconsistent system. We have had several meetings with racing stakeholders this week, ensuring that checks will be frictionless and that the majority who enjoy gambling safely can continue to do so while protecting those at risk.

My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I pay tribute to his campaigning on this issue and to the work of Bexley council. It is absolutely the case that people should be engaging not just with schools and families but with local charities, which are often best placed to understand the needs of families and their children.

In March, we published our improvement plan to transform support for children with special educational needs, and last month we launched nine regional change programme partnerships to drive reform. By 2024-25, we will have increased high needs funding by 60% since 2019-20, and we have approved the opening of 78 special free schools.

My hon. Friend is quite right that we are looking to tighten the law. The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 contains a loophole which means zombie knives without threatening writing on the blade are not illegal, and we are going to close that loophole. I agree with him that stop and search is a vital tactic to keep our streets safe when used respectfully. It has been shown to take about 400 knives off the streets monthly in London alone. The use of scanning technology for detecting weapons at a distance has huge potential but currently, it's not ready yet.

My hon. Friend is right to highlight that not everything is bad. Let us recognise some of the amazing work, particularly of volunteers, who do so much for grassroots sport. He highlights a club in his constituency. It is not just about encouraging more people to take part in sport; clubs also do tremendous work in the community, as he has just highlighted with the fundraising that that club has done.

St Mary the Virgin in Bexley will be celebrating its 900th anniversary with the Bishop of Rochester in November. It is a dedicated church known for its impressive youth work, commended by Andrew Selous and appreciated greatly by the community.

There are 1,100 clergy in training in 2022-23, and £10.3 million has been given to 25 dioceses to fund more curacy posts and £4.3 million has been given to 19 dioceses to make sure that clergy leaving training have a post of first responsibility.

We need to have care in discussing these subjects. Eating disorders are a sensitive subject and the statistics quoted are a mix of different things. The Government is providing £3,300 of cost of living support for the average UK household with more targeted help for vulnerable households.

As my hon. Friend knows, monetary policy is the responsibility of the independent Monetary Policy Committee and the Bank of England. We will continue to work closely with them to ensure that monetary and fiscal policy are well co-ordinated. The Chancellor reconfirmed the inflation target of 2% at the autumn statement and confirmed that this Government will not change the target.

I encourage as many people as possible to take part in my hon. Friend's competition, and I congratulate his constituency. I thank the residents, businesses and volunteers who are truly embodying the spirit of the coronation. I am delighted to hear that so many events will take place, with communities coming together for street parties for the coronation.