Let Girls Play campaign

That this House congratulates the Football Association (FA) and Barclays for hosting its third Biggest Ever Football Session on International Women’s Day, as part of its Let Girls Play Campaign; notes a record breaking 475,000 girls from 5,000 schools across England took part; further notes that this year, the Biggest Ever Football Session saw more registrations than ever before, with 71% of the schools who signed up having never done so before; welcomes that 76% of schools who took part in the previous sessions stated the activity had influenced equal access in their school; acknowledges that The Let Girls Play campaign, which was launched in October 2021 to support The FA's strategic ambition to provide girls with equal access to football, encourages an active generation of children, highlighting the physical and mental benefits of sport in schools; and commends the work the FA and others do to continue their support for the ever-increasing demand for girls to play football.