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VISUALLY IMPAIRED CRICKET FESTIVAL '98

EDM number 1453 in 1997-98, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 22/06/1998.

That this House congratulates all the teams which took part in the first ever two-day national Festival of Blind Cricket at Euxton Cricket Club in the constituency of Chorley on 20th-21st June; congratulates Gary O'Neill, the organiser, for bringing teams together from all over the country to participate in this highly competitive tournament for blind and visually-impaired cricket teams along with umpires, scorers and ground staff; notes that this was made possible by the committed volunteers and sponsorship from companies including British Aerospace, Cheshire Building Society, Multipart, Matthew Brown, Airtours, Chorley Borough Council, Euxton Parish Council, J. F. O'Neil Limited, Norweb, Chorley District Building Society, Computer Science Corporation, Royal Ordnance, Albion Automotives, Hindley Inner Wheel Society, the National Disabled Cricket Association and many more; and looks forward to next year's tournament and further development of the sport.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lindsay Hoyle22/06/1998ChorleyLabourProposed
Gordon Marsden22/06/1998Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
David Borrow22/06/1998South RibbleLabourSigned
Norman Godman22/06/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis22/06/1998Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe22/06/1998LeighLabourSigned
John Cryer22/06/1998HornchurchLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell22/06/1998Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Diana Organ22/06/1998Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay22/06/1998ThurrockLabourSigned
Terry Lewis22/06/1998WorsleyLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith22/06/1998Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Syd Rapson22/06/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw22/06/1998Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner22/06/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence22/06/1998Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Helen Southworth22/06/1998Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn22/06/1998JarrowLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins22/06/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Joan Humble22/06/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Sally Keeble22/06/1998Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Oona King22/06/1998Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Bill Michie23/06/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore23/06/1998HendonLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn23/06/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing23/06/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Barry Jones24/06/1998Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Rhodri Morgan24/06/1998Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Ernie Ross24/06/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones24/06/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Gordon Prentice25/06/1998PendleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson25/06/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch25/06/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings25/06/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt25/06/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara29/06/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton29/06/1998GowerLabourSigned
John Austin29/06/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes29/06/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley29/06/1998Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Ashok Kumar30/06/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Mike Hancock30/06/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin30/06/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon30/06/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Eric Illsley30/06/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Nigel Jones01/07/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Dean01/07/1998BurtonLabourSigned
David Taylor01/07/1998North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Clapham02/07/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Margaret Ewing02/07/1998MorayScottish National PartySigned
Michael Foster08/07/1998WorcesterLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis13/07/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone15/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Tom Levitt16/07/1998High PeakLabourSigned
Nick Harvey23/07/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned

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