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Armed Forces: Olympic Games

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces will be competing in the forthcoming Olympic games in China. (220295)

Three members of HM forces are due to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Two are competing from the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Peter Reed RN in the coxless fours and Lieutenant Commander Penny Clark RN in the dinghy sailing laser radial. Captain Alastair Heathcote from the Army will be in the rowing eights. All are competing for Great Britain.