Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Monday, 28 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 12 members in total.

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Racist abuse on social media against Hamza Choudhry

That this House condemns the online abuse on social media directed at Leicester City Football Club’s midfielder Hamza Choudhry during the Premier League match against Liverpool FC on 5th October 2019; expresses its solidarity with Mr Choudhry and applauds the decision of Liverpool FC’s management to report the shocking posts to the Police and to Twitter; notes that earlier this season football players including Paul Pogba, Marcus Rashford and Tammy Abraham have received similar outrageous treatment; observes that there were 442 cases of discrimination in professional and grassroots football in 2018/2019, 65% of which were racist; agrees that discriminatory behaviour has no place in football and society; and calls on the Football Association, the Government and the directors of social-media platforms to take the strongest possible course of action to clamp down on the horror of racism.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

67 

Session

2019-19

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Jim Cunningham

Paul Farrelly

Jim Shannon

Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Subjects

Football Racial discrimination Social media

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk