Learning Disabled Athletes And The Paralympic Games (EDM154)

Learning Disabled Athletes And The Paralympic Games

EDM number 154 in 2004-05, proposed by Martin Caton on 24/11/2004.

That this House regrets the exclusion from the 2004 Paralympic Games of all learning disabled athletes as a result of a dispute between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Sports Federation for People with Intellectual Disability about verification procedures; believes that people with learning disability should be able and entitled to compete at the highest level of sport; is deeply concerned that, at its Extraordinary General Meeting on 25th November, in Cairo, the International Paralympic Committee may permanently ban all learning disabled athletes from participating in the Paralympic Games; recognises that funding for disability sport is dependent on participation in the Paralympic Games; calls on both the International Paralympic Committee and the International Sports Federation for People with Intellectual Disability to work constructively to find a way of testing learning disability and its impact on sporting capacity that is mutually acceptable; and urges the UK Government to use its influence to help secure a satisfactory agreement that will see learning disabled athletes once more eligible to compete in the Paralympic Games.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Caton	24/11/2004	Gower	Labour	Proposed
Martin Smyth	25/11/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	25/11/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/11/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	29/11/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	29/11/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	29/11/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	29/11/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	29/11/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	29/11/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John McDonnell	30/11/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/11/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	30/11/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/11/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/11/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	30/11/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/11/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	30/11/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/12/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	01/12/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	01/12/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/12/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	01/12/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/12/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	02/12/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Austin	02/12/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/12/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	02/12/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	06/12/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	06/12/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	06/12/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/12/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	07/12/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/12/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Hamilton	08/12/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	08/12/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/12/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/12/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	09/12/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/12/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/12/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/12/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Russell Brown	09/02/2005	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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