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Sports priorities

The new Minister for Sport and the Olympics, Hugh Robertson MP, sets out his priorities.

From:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and The Rt Hon Hugh Robertson
Published
18 May 2010
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to have been appointed as Sport and Olympics Minister, a job I have shadowed for the past five years,鈥� 聽said today.聽

鈥淲ith the World Cup bid well underway and the Olympics on the horizon, it鈥檚 an incredibly exciting time to get this job.

鈥淚 have three very clear priorities:

  • to do everything in my power to help win
  • to help deliver a successful
  • to use the 2012 Olympics to drive a

鈥淚 can鈥檛 wait to get started.鈥澛�

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Published 18 May 2010