Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 13 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

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OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF DARTS AS A SPORT

That this House welcomes the decision of the Sports Councils of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to give official recognition that darts is a sport; pays tribute to the British Darts Organisation for the leading role it has played in ensuring that darts is given its rightful status as a sport, and to all others involved in the campaign, including the Professional Darts Corporation; notes that darts is played by millions of people and has always enjoyed popular acclaim as being a sport although national sports bodies have hitherto declined to recognise it as such; and looks forward to an even brighter future for British darts as a result of the official declaration that it is a sport with competitors rightly entitled to the description sportsmen and sportswomen.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

307 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Albert Owen

Paul Keetch

Martin Caton

Andrew Dismore

Stephen Hepburn

Subjects

Darts

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk