Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jon Owen Jones (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 15 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 20 members in total.

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BRITISH LIONS SELECTION

That this House compliments the exciting rugby played by several countries during this Six Nations tournament; is confident that Sir Clive Woodward will pick players for this summer's British Lions tour on merit and will ignore the prejudiced and smug article in the Evening Standard on 15th March which calls for an absolute minimum of Welsh players to be selected on the basis that the Welsh game is built on sand, its players are weak, liable to home sickness and should be rejected in any 50/50 decisions; and notes that Wales have only narrowly been beaten by New Zealand during their last two games and Welsh players have proved themselves worthy of the sternest test.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

930 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Wales Rugby (sport)

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk