“I watched as we unsuccessfully bid for the Olympic Games many, many years ago.”

Lisa Nandy has said bringing the Olympic Games to the north of England “is personal” for her, after she grew up watching Manchester fail in its bid to become a host city.

The Culture Secretary told the Commons that the North “has so much to offer”, and that she was “determined to make sure the rest of the world gets the chance to see that”.

London has previously hosted the Olympics three times in 1908, 1948 and 2012.

At last week’s Budget, Chancellor John Healey announced a £7 million fund to explore a bid to host the Olympics and Paralympics elsewhere in England during the 2040s.

“This is personal for me,” Ms Nandy said, making a speech about the Sporting Events Bill.

The minister, who is the MP for Wigan in Greater Manchester, added: “I grew up in the north of England, in Manchester. I watched as we unsuccessfully bid for the Olympic Games many, many years ago.”

Manchester launched a bid to host the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. But in 1993, Sydney in Australia was selected as the host city.

“I watched many people across the country tell us it couldn’t be done, that Manchester couldn’t host major sporting events and then only a few years later, we went on to host a really successful Commonwealth Games and show the world how it was done,” Ms Nandy said.

“Every part of this country deserves the chance to contribute to our incredibly rich legacy in major sporting events. We believe the north of England has so much to offer and we are determined to make sure the rest of the world gets the chance to see that.”

When the Olympics and Paralympics came to London in 2012, several events were hosted outside of the capital, including the sailing competitions at Weymouth, Dorset, the mountain biking at Hadleigh Farm, Essex, and several football matches in Manchester, Cardiff, Coventry, Glasgow and Newcastle.

Most events were held in London, with the main sporting complex at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford.

Ms Nandy also told MPs that the UK has launched bids to host the 2035 Fifa Women’s World Cup and the 2029 World Para Athletics Championships.

“Underpinning all of this is a belief that the benefits of hosting major events should not be confined to the host city or to those fortunate enough to secure a ticket,” she said. They should be felt in towns, in cities, in our schools and sports clubs, and in communities across all four nations of the UK, and inspire a generation of young people to go on and live the richer, larger lives they deserve.”

The minister said the Bill would enable the UK “to stand ready to host the biggest events in the world, to protect the integrity of those events to ensure that people can enjoy them, and make certain that the benefits reach as far as possible”.

The proposed legislation was modelled on bespoke laws passed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and is designed to create a standard framework for future events.

Once on the statute books, it will give ministers the power to regulate trading, advertising and transport near venues hosting top-tier international competitions.

The Bill, which has already been debated by peers in the Lords, cleared the Commons at third reading on Wednesday.

Both Houses of Parliament must agree on the final wording of the Bill before it becomes law.