James Sunderland expresses disappointment that Belfast was not successful in securing a round in the World Rally Championship calendar for 2022 and urges the Government to pull out all the stops to lobby for 2023.

James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)

It was a real pity that we could not land the return of the world rally championship to Belfast in 2022. Can the Minister please confirm that we will pull out all the stops for 2023?

Conor Burns (The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office)

I can. We did extensive work with the Department for the Economy and the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) was heavily involved in lobbying on that. We think it would be a great thing to bring to Northern Ireland and we are determined to build on the work we have already done to see whether that is possible next year.

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