Conduct Of The Minister For Sport
EDM number 1208 in 1989-90, proposed by Tom Pendry on 28/06/1990.
That this House regrets the comments made in the House by the honourable Member for Lewisham East, the Minister for Sport, on 27th June, (Official Report, column 302) that those deported from Italy for alleged hooliganism 'comprise football's effluent tendency', especially given that many of those deported were alnost certainly innocent, and included English holidaymakers with no connection with the World Cup tournament; further regrets the refusal of the Minister to meet with representatives of the Football Supporters Association who are in Italy in an official capacity issuing advice, information and help to all genuine supporters and thus in a unique position to represent the views of the majority of genuine fans; notes that in a written answer given to the honourable Member for Stalybridge and Hyde on 26th June, the Minister maintained that he thought it unnecessary to seek information from the Football Supporters Association for use in assessing supporters' behaviour at the World Cup; and calls on the Minister to desist from making potentially slanderous remarks about innocent supporters until he has conducted a thorough inquiry and is in possession of the full facts, and to request as a matter of urgency evidence from the Football Supporters Association for use in that inquiry.
This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Pendry | 28/06/1990 | Stalybridge & Hyde | Proposed | |
| Harry Cohen | 28/06/1990 | Leyton | Signed | |
| Frank Cook | 28/06/1990 | Stockton North | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 28/06/1990 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Jimmy Dunnachie | 28/06/1990 | Glasgow, Pollok | Signed | |
| Bruce George | 28/06/1990 | Walsall South | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 28/06/1990 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 28/06/1990 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 28/06/1990 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Mike Watson | 28/06/1990 | Glasgow Central | Signed | |
| James Wray | 28/06/1990 | Glasgow Provan | Signed | |
| Alex Carlile | 28/06/1990 | Montgomery | Signed | |
| Keith Bradley | 28/06/1990 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
| Terry Patchett | 28/06/1990 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
| John Smith | 28/06/1990 | Vale of Glamorgan | Signed | |
| Jimmy Hood | 28/06/1990 | Clydesdale | Signed | |
| Kim Howells | 28/06/1990 | Pontypridd | Signed | |
| Doug Hoyle | 28/06/1990 | Warrington North | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 28/06/1990 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Ian McCartney | 28/06/1990 | Makerfield | Signed | |
| Alan Meale | 28/06/1990 | Mansfield | Signed | |
| Rhodri Morgan | 28/06/1990 | Cardiff West | Signed | |
| Paul Murphy | 28/06/1990 | Torfaen | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 02/07/1990 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| Norman Hogg | 02/07/1990 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | Signed | |
| Robert Parry | 03/07/1990 | Liverpool, Riverside | Signed | |
| Gordon Oakes | 03/07/1990 | Halton | Signed | |
| John Cummings | 03/07/1990 | Easington | Signed | |
| Tommy Graham | 03/07/1990 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Signed | |
| Frank Doran | 04/07/1990 | Aberdeen South | Signed | |
| David Hinchliffe | 04/07/1990 | Wakefield | Signed | |
| Martin Redmond | 04/07/1990 | Don Valley | Signed | |
| Alice Mahon | 05/07/1990 | Halifax | Signed | |
| Terry Davis | 05/07/1990 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 12/07/1990 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| David Clelland | 19/07/1990 | Tyne Bridge | Signed |
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