{"id":438419,"date":"2020-07-02T09:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=438419"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:53:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:53:53","slug":"uk-sports-minister-government-committed-to-reopening-pools-as-early-as-possible-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/uk-sports-minister-government-committed-to-reopening-pools-as-early-as-possible-in-july\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Sports Minister: Government Committed To Reopening Pools As Early As Possible In July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sports minister <strong>Nigel Huddleston<\/strong> says the Government is committed to reopening leisure facilities in England &#8220;as early as possible in July&#8221; after several Members of Parliament raised the issue with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).<\/p>\n<p>Swimming pools had expected to be able to reopen from 4 July only for their hopes to be dashed despite\u00a0<strong>Prime Minister<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Boris Johnson<\/strong> giving the green light for pubs, restaurants, hair salons, cinemas and museums to open for business once again from this coming Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Swim England CEO <strong>Jane Nickerson<\/strong> called for scientific evidence as to why they remained closed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-among-olympic-and-world-medallists-to-back-swim-england-campaign-to-reopen-pools\/\">while Swim England launched the #OpenOurPools campaign which won backing from past and present Olympic champions Becky Adlington and Adam Peaty as a petition collected more than 50,000 signatures.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"420349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/black-swimming-association-launches-with-swim-england-to-encourage-participation-prevent-drownings\/sweng\/\" 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and ensures strong sector and expert support for the co-development of guidelines and will help leisure facilities become Covid-secure and reopen as early as possible in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs with all aspects of the Government\u2019s response to Covid-19, we will be guided by the science to ensure that as restrictions are eased people can return to activity safely.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI recognise the impact that Covid-19 has had on the sport and physical activity sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government is committed to reopening facilities as soon as it is safe to do so and I welcome the work Swim England are doing with the sector to produce guidance on the re-opening of swimming pools.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nickerson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe welcome the fact the issue of pools staying shut is being raised by a number of MPs and we thank them for doing that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Returning to the Pool guidance clearly shows 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