Email to a FriendOn Wednesday 23rd March 2022, Edward Timpson CBE MP is leading a Westminster Hall debate on ‘physical education as a core subject in schools’.
To inform his debate, he wants to hear your views and ideas. With this in mind, please complete the short survey by midday today (22/03/22).
Introducing the debate, he gave the following statement:
“In June 2021, the Association for Physical Education (afPE) Taskforce on the Future of PE, which I was privileged to chair, agreed as its principle recommendation that Physical Education (PE) should be made a core subject on the school curriculum in England.
“The pandemic has taken a huge toll on our children and young people. Schools, sports facilities and playgrounds were closed for long periods, and with this went the opportunity for many of them to experience physical education and to be active.
“This debate represents an opportunity to draw the Government’s attention back to this critical recommendation and its effect on improving, not only children’s physical and mental wellbeing, but also their academic performance, both now, as we emerge from the pandemic, and in the future.”
Edward Timpson CBE MP
Watch the debate:
Click HERE to watch the debate live on Wednesday 23rd March at 4.30pm.
What is a Westminster Hall Debate?
Westminster Hall debates take place in the Grand Committee Room in the House of Commons.
They give MPs an opportunity to raise local or national issues and receive a response from a government minister.
Debates in Westminster Hall take place on ‘general debate’ motions expressed in neutral terms. These motions are worded ‘That this House has considered [a specific matter]’.
