PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ATHLETES WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME AT THE PARALYMPICS (20 July 2005)
Motion Details
That this House commends the success of the British team at the Down's Syndrome World Swimming Championships; notes that at the Paralympics at present, swimmers with Down's Syndrome have to compete in the S14 category for athletes with learning disabilities, which is a wide category that includes people with little physical disability; expresses concern that this creates an uneven playing field; and calls upon the Government to put pressure on the IPC to allow swimmers with Down's Syndrome to compete in a separate category.
Sponsored by:
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Conservative
31
49%
Labour
12
19%
Independent
8
13%
Liberal Democrat
6
10%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
5%
Your Party
1
2%
Speaker
1
2%
Not Available
1
2%
Sponsor List (63 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr Richard Bacon
Lab
John Battle
Lab
Roger Berry
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
James Brokenshire
LD
Mr Jeremy Browne
LD
Sir Vince Cable
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Martin Caton
Derek Conway
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Con
Lord Deben
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Christopher Fraser
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Michael Gove
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
LD
John Hemming
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Lab
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Washington and Gateshead South
LD
Paul Holmes
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Con
Mr David Jones
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Sponsor)
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Ind
Anne Milton
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
David Mundell
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Lab
Albert Owen
Ind
Mr Andrew Pelling
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Andrew Selous
Lab
Alan Simpson
DUP
David Simpson
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Lord Swire
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
LD
Roger Williams
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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