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Winding Up Of FIFA's Anti-Racism Taskforce

EDM number 530 in 2016-17, proposed by Chris Matheson on 12/10/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Racial discrimination, Russia and Sports.

That this House expresses concern about the recent news that FIFA has disbanded its anti-racism taskforce; notes with consternation that FIFA states that the job of the taskforce is over despite abundant evidence of continuing racism in world football, including incidents at the UEFA European Championships in France in summer 2016; further notes that the taskforce has been disbanded during the lead-up to the World Cup in Russia, a country that has seen considerable problems with racism in football and where the number of racist incidents at football games has doubled in the last year, according to the most recent research from the Moscow-based SOVA Center and the Uefa-affiliated FARE Network; questions why campaigns such as FIFA's excellent Say No to Racism campaign should not be supported and encouraged; expresses general dismay at the apparent misguided priorities of FIFA's current governance; re-affirms support to UK campaigns such as Kick it Out and Show Racism the Red Card; and calls on the Football Association and relevant bodies in the UK to continue doing everything they can to combat racism in football.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gavin Robinson05/01/2016Belfast EastDUPSigned
Chris Matheson12/10/2016City of ChesterLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley12/10/2016Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan12/10/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Liz Saville Roberts13/10/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
Jim Shannon13/10/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Fiona Mactaggart17/10/2016SloughLabourSeconded
Ian Blackford17/10/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ritchie17/10/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale17/10/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham17/10/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Doughty17/10/2016Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Chris Stephens17/10/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
David Simpson18/10/2016Upper BannDUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins18/10/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Chris Law18/10/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Alison Thewliss20/10/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald20/10/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands21/10/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil21/10/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown21/10/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond21/10/2016Signed
John Nicolson24/10/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry24/10/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Natalie McGarry25/10/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson26/10/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Roger Godsiff26/10/2016Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Stephen Gethins27/10/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell27/10/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
David Crausby28/10/2016Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Peter Grant01/11/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySigned
Mike Gapes02/11/2016Ilford SouthLabourSigned

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