UEFA Women's Euro 2022 and school sports facilities

That this House congratulates the England women’s national football team, the Lionesses, on their historic victory at the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022; celebrates their success as the first English senior national football team to win a European football championship; notes the lasting legacy this will have for young women and girls across the country and the nationwide momentum behind the women’s game; further notes with regret that 94 schools across England have sold playing fields or other outdoor sports facilities since January 2015, impacting an estimated 75,683 pupils; raises concerns over the number of playing fields sold by schools in Kent, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire in particular; notes with despair the loss of opportunity for the next generation of footballers that the sale of these playing fields represents; calls on the Department for Education to commit to providing every child with access to outdoor sports facilities at school; and further calls on the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to support community bids to acquire and maintain playing fields.