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"dispatches - Against The Odds"

EDM number 251 in 1990-91, proposed by William McKelvey on 18/12/1990.

That this House, mindful of its responsibilities to the general public, was appalled by the revelations shown by the Channel 4 television current affairs programme Dispatches-Against the Odds screened on Wednesday 12th December, which exposed how large bookmaking companies have been and are currently manipulating the return prices on course, of race horses and greyhounds engaged in racing for betting purposes in the United Kingdom; and in the light of this information and the fact that such activities are costing United Kingdom punters up to ú150 million per annum in lost winnings or returns, calls upon Her Majesty's Government to instigate an immediate enquiry by either the Office of Fair Trading or the Home Office to ensure the end of such practices in the interests of the racing industry as a whole, those who bet, as well as the rules of honesty and fair play.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
William McKelvey18/12/1990Kilmarnock & LoudounProposed
Jimmy Hood18/12/1990ClydesdaleSigned
John McAllion18/12/1990Dundee EastSigned
Alan Meale18/12/1990MansfieldSigned
James Wray18/12/1990Glasgow ProvanSigned
Ernie Ross19/12/1990Dundee WestSigned
Bill Michie19/12/1990Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Jimmy Dunnachie19/12/1990Glasgow, PollokSigned
Dennis Skinner14/01/1991BolsoverSigned
John Cummings14/01/1991EasingtonSigned
Harry Barnes15/01/1991North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman15/01/1991Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Peter Hardy15/01/1991WentworthSigned
Alex Salmond15/01/1991Banff & BuchanSigned
Allan Rogers16/01/1991RhonddaSigned
Eric Illsley16/01/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
David Lambie16/01/1991Cunninghame SouthSigned
Alexander Eadie16/01/1991MidlothianSigned
Irene Adams17/01/1991Paisley NorthSigned
Alex Carlile22/01/1991MontgomerySigned
Jack Thompson24/01/1991WansbeckSigned
Tommy Graham30/01/1991Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Dennis Turner04/02/1991Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Ronald Brown07/02/1991Edinburgh LeithSigned
Doug Hoyle11/02/1991Warrington NorthSigned
Martyn Jones18/04/1991Clwyd South WestSigned
Ken Livingstone29/04/1991Brent EastSigned

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