Team Gb 2012

EDM number 939 in 2009-10, proposed by George Galloway on 25/02/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Sports.

That this House is extremely concerned by recent reports that UK Olympic officials, including those from UK Sport, estimate that more than a third of athletes in Team GB at the 2012 Games are likely to come from fee-paying educational backgrounds; notes that only seven per cent. of the populace attends fee-paying schools; expresses disappointment that the fine aspiration of Team 2012 to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practiced without discrimination of any kind appears to have been dashed; and requests that the Government do everything possible to democratise and widen access to both elite and grassroots sports, in line with the pledges of the Olympic bid.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.