INDIA NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM'S UK TOUR

EDM number 1014 in 1999-00, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 25/07/2000.

That this House welcomes the news that India's National Football Team are currently enjoying their first ever UK tour; notes that the team has not played at all in the UK for over 50 years; further notes that the current captain of the national side, Bhaichung Bhutai, became the first Indian player to play professional football in the UK when he signed for Bury FC; congratulates Mr Rajprohit and Sapphire Enterprises Limited for financing the squad's visit to the UK; acknowledges Fulham Football Club's two lucky goals leading to their 2-0 victory over the visiting team; wishes the Indian squad well in their upcoming games against West Bromwich and Bangladesh; and welcomes the benefits to those clubs' race relations programmes and the increased interest in watching and playing the game which the tour will bring.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ashok Kumar	25/07/2000	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Proposed
Betty Williams	25/07/2000	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	25/07/2000	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	25/07/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/07/2000	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	25/07/2000	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/07/2000	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/07/2000	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	25/07/2000	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Murphy	25/07/2000	Renfrewshire East	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	25/07/2000	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	25/07/2000	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	25/07/2000	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	25/07/2000	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	25/07/2000	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	25/07/2000	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	25/07/2000	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	25/07/2000	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/07/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	26/07/2000	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	26/07/2000	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	26/07/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/07/2000	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/07/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	26/07/2000	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	27/07/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/07/2000	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gunnell	27/07/2000	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	27/07/2000	Selby	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/07/2000	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	27/07/2000	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	27/07/2000	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/07/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/07/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	28/07/2000	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	28/07/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	28/07/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/10/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/10/2000	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	24/10/2000	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	25/10/2000	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	25/10/2000	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	30/10/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/11/2000	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed

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