Head Injuries In Sport

EDM number 68 in 2002-03, proposed by Ian Gibson on 14/11/2002.

That this House notes the recent judgement in the case of the ex-football international Jeff Astle; and calls on the Government to co-ordinate research into the growing evidence and correlation beteen brain damage of the heading of leather balls in the pursuit of sporting achievement.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.