Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Catherine West (Labour), on Monday, 21 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 59 members in total.
Racism in football
That this House condemns the appalling racism at the Haringey Borough v. Yeovil Town FA Cup game on 19 October; applauds the Haringey players and management for their brave and principled decision to walk off in the face of such abuse; calls on the Football Association to ensure that those players do not face disciplinary action for their decision; further calls on the Football Association and the Government to increase their efforts to stamp out racism in all its forms from football in light of this incident and the scenes in Bulgaria involving the English national team.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 51
- Session
- 2019-19
- Other sponsors
- David Lammy
- Gordon Marsden
- Virendra Sharma
- Gavin Newlands
- Alison Thewliss
- Subjects
- Football Racial discrimination
- Link
- View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk
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