Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Martin Caton (Labour), on Wednesday, 2 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.

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LEARNING DISABLED ATHLETES AND THE 2004 PARALYMPICS

That this House deplores the decision of the International Paralympic Committee to exclude all learning disabled athletes from the 2004 Paralympics in Athens; urges the IPC to work closely with the International Sports Federation for People with the Intellectual Disability to overcome the eligibility verification problems that led to this ban; and recognises that failure to do so will result in unjust discrimination against athletes with a learning disability from around the world, many of whom have trained for years for the Athens Games.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

996 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Access Learning disability Olympic Games Sports competitors ParalympicsGB

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk