Supported by: Fulton MacGregor*, Ruth Maguire*, Jeremy Balfour*, Miles Briggs*, Stewart Stevenson*, Alison Harris* *S5M-10793 Brian Whittle: Sir Roger Bannister That the Parliament notes with regret the — death of Sir Roger Bannister, who was the first person in the world to have been recorded as running a mile in under four minutes; understands that, having used his medical training to devise his own training programme, Sir Roger set his record-breaking time of 3.59.4 in Oxford on 6 May 1954, beating a number of international challengers who were also attempting to set a new record; notes that he subsequently won gold over the distance at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games; acknowledges that he retired from athletics at the end of that year to pursue a career in medicine, later becoming a consultant neurologist; applauds his significant and lasting contribution to British athletics; believes that his record-breaking achievement inspired many others to participate in athletics and and compete at the highest level; understands that he died peacefully on 3 March 2018, aged 88; expresses...