Racism In Football

EDM number 1425 in 2008-09, proposed by Keith Vaz on 05/05/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Racial discrimination and Sports.

That this House welcomes the steps being taken by the Football Association to counter racism in football; applauds the proposals of the Football Association's working group on tackling Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in football to introduce tribunals to investigate racist and religious abuse at all levels of the game; encourages the football authorities fully to utilise the powers at their disposal to tackle all forms of abuse; recognises the need for the football community as a whole to unite to stamp out intolerance in the sport; and looks forward to the publication of the working group's report containing their full recommendations later in the year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.