Written Question · S2W-17566 · Session 2
What its reasons are for backing the London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and when it reached the decision to do so.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what its reasons are for backing the London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and when it reached the decision to do so.
The answer
The Executive gave its support to the London bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games because we believe that staging the world’s biggest and most prestigious sporting event in the UK – which could feasibly only be staged in London
- will give an enormous boost to sport throughout the UK. We also recognise that the London Games will have potential benefits for Scotland in terms of business, tourism, cultural and educational opportunities, which we will seek to maximise.
The First Minister wrote to Barbara Cassani, the then Chairman of London 2012 Ltd, in November 2003 to express the Scottish Executive’s support for London’s bid.
- will give an enormous boost to sport throughout the UK. We also recognise that the London Games will have potential benefits for Scotland in terms of business, tourism, cultural and educational opportunities, which we will seek to maximise.
The First Minister wrote to Barbara Cassani, the then Chairman of London 2012 Ltd, in November 2003 to express the Scottish Executive’s support for London’s bid.
In the Official Report
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