Public Funding And The Rugby Football Union
EDM number 361 in 1994-95, proposed by David Hinchliffe on 11/01/1995.
That this House notes with interest the selection of Mike Catt in the England rugby union team participating in the Five Nations Tournament in view of the fact that he is on record as stating that, contrary to International Board regulations, he has been paid for playing rugby union, recalls that last month Adrian Spencer, the Cambridge University rugby union player, was banned for 12 months by the Rugby Football Union under the same regulations for playing rugby league as an amateur; and, bearing in mind that the contrasting treatment of Messrs Catt and Spencer is yet further clear evidence that the application of the International Board regulations by the Rugby Football Union is more concerned with curbing the development of the completely independent sport of rugby league than preventing the growth of professionalism in rugby union calls upon the Government to ensure that the Rugby Football Union receives no funding arising from the proceeds of the National Lottery until such time as it ends its blatant discrimination against those involved in other lawful sporting activities. (Relevant registered interest declared)
This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| David Hinchliffe | 11/01/1995 | Wakefield | | Proposed |
| George Foulkes | 11/01/1995 | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | | Signed |
| Derek Fatchett | 11/01/1995 | Leeds Central | | Signed |
| John Evans | 11/01/1995 | St Helens North | | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 11/01/1995 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 11/01/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 11/01/1995 | Stockton North | | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 11/01/1995 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 11/01/1995 | Blyth Valley | | Signed |
| Anne Campbell | 11/01/1995 | Cambridge | | Signed |
| Richard Caborn | 11/01/1995 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
| Keith Bradley | 11/01/1995 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 11/01/1995 | Clackmannan | | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 11/01/1995 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 11/01/1995 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
| Mike Hall | 11/01/1995 | Warrington South | | Signed |
| Mike Watson | 11/01/1995 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 11/01/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
| Gary Waller | 11/01/1995 | Keighley | | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 11/01/1995 | Sherwood | | Signed |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | 11/01/1995 | Bradford South | | Signed |
| George Stevenson | 11/01/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent South | | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 11/01/1995 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 11/01/1995 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 11/01/1995 | St Helens South | | Signed |
| John Battle | 11/01/1995 | Leeds West | | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 11/01/1995 | Rother Valley | | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 11/01/1995 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 11/01/1995 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 11/01/1995 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 11/01/1995 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
| Kevin Hughes | 11/01/1995 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
| Doug Hoyle | 11/01/1995 | Warrington North | | Signed |
| Kim Howells | 11/01/1995 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
| George Howarth | 11/01/1995 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
| Keith Hill | 11/01/1995 | Streatham | | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 11/01/1995 | North Devon | | Signed |
| Ken Purchase | 11/01/1995 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
| Dawn Primarolo | 11/01/1995 | Bristol South | | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 11/01/1995 | Pendle | | Signed |
| Raymond Powell | 11/01/1995 | Ogmore | | Signed |
| Elizabeth Peacock | 11/01/1995 | Batley & Spen | | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 11/01/1995 | Liverpool, Walton | | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 11/01/1995 | Worsley | | Signed |
| Bill O'Brien | 11/01/1995 | Normanton | | Signed |
| Paul Murphy | 11/01/1995 | Torfaen | | Signed |
| George Mudie | 11/01/1995 | Leeds East | | Signed |
| Elliot Morley | 11/01/1995 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 11/01/1995 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 11/01/1995 | Kingston upon Hull North | | Signed |
| Ian McCartney | 11/01/1995 | Makerfield | | Signed |
| Thomas McAvoy | 11/01/1995 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
| Denis MacShane | 11/01/1995 | Rotherham | | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 11/01/1995 | Halifax | | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 11/01/1995 | Leicester South | | Signed |
| Eric Martlew | 11/01/1995 | Carlisle | | Signed |
| John Maxton | 11/01/1995 | Glasgow, Cathcart | | Signed |
| Nick Ainger | 12/01/1995 | Pembroke | | Signed |
| Jim Dowd | 12/01/1995 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
| Bryan Davies | 12/01/1995 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 12/01/1995 | Leigh | | Signed |
| Eddie Loyden | 12/01/1995 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 12/01/1995 | Brent East | | Signed |
| John Hutton | 12/01/1995 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
| Peter Hardy | 12/01/1995 | Wentworth | | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 16/01/1995 | Bridgend | | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 16/01/1995 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
| William McKelvey | 16/01/1995 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
| John McAllion | 16/01/1995 | Dundee East | | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 16/01/1995 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 16/01/1995 | Dundee West | | Signed |
| Bridget Prentice | 16/01/1995 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
| John Cummings | 17/01/1995 | Easington | | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 17/01/1995 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 17/01/1995 | Midlothian | | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 17/01/1995 | Mansfield | | Signed |
| Roland Boyes | 19/01/1995 | Houghton and Washington | | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 19/01/1995 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
| Greg Pope | 20/01/1995 | Hyndburn | | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 20/01/1995 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
| Tommy Graham | 26/01/1995 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
| Derek Enright | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Alan W Williams | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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