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British Olympic Achievements

EDM number 1076 in 1999-00, proposed by Bob Russell on 24/10/2000.

That this House congratulates all United Kingdom participants at the Sydney Olympics, in particular those who won medals; notes with admiration that gold medals were won in 11 events, the best United Kingdom achievement for 80 years, with a total of 22 individuals receiving gold medals; proudly salutes Olympian champions Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy and Shirley Robertson (sailing), Louis Attrill, James Cracknell, Simon Dennis, Rowley Douglas, Tim Foster, Luka Grubor, Ben Hunt-Davis, Andrew Lindsay, Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave, Fred Scarlett, Steven Trapmore and Kieran West (rowing), Stephanie Cook (modern pentathlon), Jonathan Edwards and Denise Lewis (athletics), Richard Faulds (shooting), Audley Harrison (boxing), and Jason Queally (cycling); pays special tribute to Steve Redgrave for making Olympic history by winning a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic Games; welcomes the advances made in recent years which enabled the United Kingdom to improve its medal success at the Olympics; but, in recognising that more needs to be done to continue this trend, calls on central and local government to provide greater investment in sporting facilities for all interests and age groups, together with the necessary qualified coaching staff; and urges that individual and team sports in schools are encouraged with pupils required to have a minimum two hours physical education every week.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Russell24/10/2000ColchesterLiberal DemocratProposed
Martin Smyth25/10/2000Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Lynne Jones25/10/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Nigel Jones25/10/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon25/10/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Paul Marsden25/10/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell25/10/2000Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox25/10/2000TootingLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn25/10/2000SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock25/10/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Dari Taylor25/10/2000Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt26/10/2000CrawleyLabourSigned
Colin Breed26/10/2000South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/10/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Cryer26/10/2000HornchurchLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara30/10/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Linda Perham30/10/2000Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson30/10/2000Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin31/10/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Derek Wyatt31/10/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Russell Brown01/11/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/11/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Roy Beggs01/11/2000East AntrimUUPSigned
Harold Best01/11/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Tony Colman02/11/2000PutneyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley02/11/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Barry Jones06/11/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Peter Brand06/11/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Clarke06/11/2000Northampton SouthLabourSigned
David Drew07/11/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson08/11/2000Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Paul Truswell16/11/2000PudseyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis21/11/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Chidgey28/11/2000EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned

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