Trinidad And Tobago Fifa World Cup Players

EDM number 149 in 2006-07, proposed by Derek Wyatt on 20/11/2006.

That this House congratulates the UK-based members of the Trinidad and Tobago World Cup squad, the Soca Warriors, on their spirited performance in Germany against England, Paraguay and Sweden; is dismayed that payments to the team from sponsors, including British Gas, Adidas, ebay and Kentucky Fried Chicken, as well as television networks, have allegedly disappeared into a company controlled by FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and his son Daryll and that each member of the team has been offered a derisory share of only £494; calls upon FIFA president Sepp Blatter to intervene and force the Warner family to open their accounts to an independent auditor so that the team can be fairly recompensed; invites British Gas, Adidas and other sponsors to state whether they were aware that one-third of their sponsorship monies were to be withheld from the team to fund the Trinidad and Tobago campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup; and calls upon FIFA to accelerate the tardy pace of its investigation into the well-documented revelations by auditors Ernst & Young of the dealings by Mr Warner and his son Daryan into thousands of World Cup tickets, including 900 offered to England fans at premium prices.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.