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GB WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM AT LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS

EDM number 359 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 17/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Sports.

That this House notes that the debate about a GB football team at the 2012 London Olympics has focussed only on the men's game, and there has been little or no discussion of a GB women's football team at the Olympics; further notes that football is now one of the most popular team sports for women and girls; regrets that women's football continues to be vastly under-funded and under-represented in the media compared with the men's game; believes that a women's GB team would raise awareness of football as a top-level female sport and encourage many more women and girls to be physically active and sustain good health through playing football; and therefore urges the Government to support a GB women's football team at 2012 and commit to fostering the growth of women's football at every level.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McDonnell17/12/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourProposed
Chris McCafferty17/12/2008Calder ValleyLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins17/12/2008Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Hugh Robertson17/12/2008Faversham and Mid KentConservativeSeconded
Don Foster17/12/2008BathLiberal DemocratSeconded
Katy Clark17/12/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Harry Cohen17/12/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Frank Cook17/12/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/12/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan18/12/2008Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Evan Harris18/12/2008Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones18/12/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard18/12/2008WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Amess18/12/2008Southend WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock18/12/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams12/01/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Linda Riordan13/01/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
David Drew13/01/2009StroudLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle13/01/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Marsha Singh13/01/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/01/2009GowerLabourSigned
Nick Harvey14/01/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer14/01/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/01/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Janet Anderson14/01/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Paul Rowen14/01/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis19/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Roger Williams19/01/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson21/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley22/01/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Bailey26/01/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Albert Owen27/01/2009Ynys MLabourSigned
Andy Reed05/03/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Tom Brake12/03/2009Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin01/06/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Simon Hughes02/06/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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