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Recognition Of Chess And Bridge As Sports (No. 2)

EDM number 103 in 1999-00, proposed by Evan Harris on 25/11/1999.

That this House notes that both the World Chess Federation and the World Bridge Federation have now been granted recognition by the International Olympic Committee as recognised federations pursuant to Rule 29 of the Olympic Charter; accepts that this may lead in due course to further success for the United Kingdom in sports where it is already amongst the best in the world and to greater demand for the teaching of chess and duplicate bridge in schools; welcomes the commitment by the Government to introduce legislation, when parliamentary time permits, to make the necessary amendments to the Physical Training and Recreation Act 1937, the Lottery Act 1993 and the Sports Councils' Royal Charters to ensure that sports of the mind become eligible for funding from the sports councils and from the National Lottery but regrets the delay in bringing such a measure forward; and urges honourable Members to support equivalent legislation if it is introduced as a Private Member's Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 37 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Evan Harris25/11/1999Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratProposed
Michael Mates25/11/1999East HampshireConservativeSigned
Tony McWalter25/11/1999Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Dismore29/11/1999HendonLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle30/11/1999ChorleyLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar30/11/1999Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Alice Mahon01/12/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Vincent Cable01/12/1999TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman01/12/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt01/12/1999Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Peter Luff02/12/1999Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock06/12/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale07/12/1999MansfieldLabourSigned
Ann Cryer08/12/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington08/12/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster09/12/1999Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
John Marek15/12/1999WrexhamLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton15/12/1999MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Crispin Blunt20/12/1999ReigateConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis20/12/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Lawrie Quinn21/12/1999Scarborough & WhitbyLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/01/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Frank Field24/01/2000BirkenheadLabourSigned
Desmond Swayne09/02/2000New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Matthew Taylor11/02/2000Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin29/02/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Graham Brady01/03/2000Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Paul Keetch14/03/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor18/04/2000Bury NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/05/2000BurtonLabourSigned
Helen Southworth25/05/2000Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Edward Davey08/06/2000Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Viggers08/06/2000GosportConservativeSigned
Peter Brand19/06/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
David Curry22/06/2000Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Phil Willis04/07/2000Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon05/07/2000ElmetLabourSigned

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