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Racism In Cricket

EDM number 1310 in 1997-98, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 11/05/1998.

That this House welcomes the Anyone for Cricket report produced by the Centre of Sport Development Research at Roehampton Institute; notes the report's findings that 'two separate but unequal cricket cultures' exist in Essex and East London, as in other areas of the country; notes the report's conclusion that there is a 'culture of racial exclusion, racial stereotyping and to a lesser extent racial abuse of black and Asian cricket players'; notes that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has welcomed the report; calls on the ECB to respond positively to the demands raised by Hit Racism for Six, the campaign against racism in cricket, including convening a national forum of all those involved with black and Asian cricket, drawing up a development plan for cricket in the inner cities and among disadvantaged populations and adopting and promoting an anti-racist charter; and believes black and Asian cricketers have a major contribution to make to cricket in Britain, and that the cricket authorities should grant them 'recognition, respect and resources', the 3 Rs of cricket development.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Corbyn11/05/1998Islington NorthLabourProposed
Lynne Jones12/05/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ian Gibson12/05/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar12/05/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall13/05/1998West LancashireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley13/05/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Eileen Gordon13/05/1998RomfordLabourSigned
Norman Godman13/05/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore13/05/1998HendonLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe13/05/1998LeighLabourSigned
Tom Cox13/05/1998TootingLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/05/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Alice Mahon13/05/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra13/05/1998Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford14/05/1998Wirral WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins14/05/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman14/05/1998Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
John Cryer14/05/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/05/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock14/05/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best14/05/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing18/05/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jim Wallace18/05/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon18/05/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara18/05/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh19/05/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/05/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
John Austin19/05/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/05/1998Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Maria Eagle20/05/1998Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
David Chaytor21/05/1998Bury NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell21/05/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley21/05/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Salter21/05/1998Reading WestLabourSigned
John Cummings01/06/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Huw Edwards01/06/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell01/06/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Dafydd Wigley01/06/1998CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Graham Stringer04/06/1998Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Michael Foster08/06/1998WorcesterLabourSigned
Alan Simpson08/06/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill Michie10/06/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis16/06/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Andrew George27/07/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned

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