PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BALL-BY-BALL COMMENTARY SERVICE (26 June 2006)
Motion Details
That this House congratulates the Marylebone Cricket Club, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, Test Match Special and BBC London for the initiative in creating the Ball-by-Ball commentary service, which will enable blind and partially sighted supporters to hear commentary from the stands for all matches at Lord's; calls upon other first class cricket and other sporting venues to follow this initiative; and further calls upon the Government to ensure that facilities like this are available to all Olympic venues for 2012.
Sponsored by:
Andrew Miller (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
23
47%
Liberal Democrat
12
24%
Independent
4
8%
Conservative
3
6%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
6%
Your Party
1
2%
Speaker
1
2%
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
Not Available
1
2%
Sponsor List (49 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Janet Anderson
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Mr Colin Breed
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Martin Caton
Derek Conway
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Ind
Mr Dai Davies
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Paul Flynn
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Mr David Heath
LD
John Hemming
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Mark Hunter
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Sadiq Khan
LD
Mr John Leech
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Lab
Mr Khalid Mahmood
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Andrew Miller (Sponsor)
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Sandra Osborne
LD
John Pugh
Con
Sir John Redwood
LD
Paul Rowen
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Alan Simpson
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
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