Racism In Cricket (EDM551)

Racism In Cricket

EDM number 551 in 1998-99, proposed by Alan Simpson on 15/04/1999.

That this House notes the recent comments made by the editor of Wisden Cricketers' Almanac on the presence of racism in cricket; and calls upon the Minister for Sport to encourage the England and Wales Cricket Board to respond positively to the proposals made by the campaign 'Hit Racism for Six' that include the commissioning of in-depth, nation-wide research to determine the scale and nature of the problem, the convening of a national forum of all those concerned with black and Asian cricket to encourage constructive dialogue to identify and address the problem, the drawing-up of a development plan for cricket in the inner cities, with special reference to black and Asian participation, and the banning of racist abuse at all cricket grounds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Simpson	15/04/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Proposed
Dennis Skinner	15/04/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/04/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/04/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/04/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/04/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/04/1999	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	15/04/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/04/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	15/04/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/04/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	16/04/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	19/04/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	19/04/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/04/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	19/04/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/04/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/04/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/04/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/04/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	20/04/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/04/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/04/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/04/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	20/04/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ken Livingstone	20/04/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	20/04/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Oona King	20/04/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	20/04/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/04/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/04/1999	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	21/04/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/04/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	21/04/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	22/04/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	22/04/1999	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/04/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	22/04/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	22/04/1999	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	22/04/1999	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/04/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	23/04/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	23/04/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	26/04/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	28/04/1999	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	29/04/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	30/04/1999	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
John Randall	04/05/1999	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Harold Best	06/05/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/05/1999	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/05/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Llew Smith	20/05/1999	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	29/06/1999	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	Unknown			Withdrawn

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