Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 330open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2003
That this House warmly welcomes the establishment of Amicale Parlementaire du Rugby a Treize, a Rugby League Parliamentary Association in France; recalls that, in one of the most disgraceful episodes in sporting history, rugby league in that country was banned as a sport by the Vichy Government, its assets being removed and never returned; notes that the French Government's recent commission of inquiry into sport during the Occupation confirmed the injustice suffered by the treizistes; is concerned that the question of reparation has not so far been addressed; further notes that the European Commission has written to the French Government about discrimination against rugby league; welcomes the new Association's efforts to lift the ban on the sport being played in certain municipal stadia and campaign for its introduction into the curriculum for future PE teachers; wishes the Association well in its efforts on behalf of rugby league; and calls upon the British Government to support the European Commission's representations to the French Government.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 815open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 June 2000
That this House notes with extreme concern the recent difficulties facing Mrs Joan Ibbitson of Lupset, Wakefield, a foster carer with Wakefield MDC, looking for some 56 youngsters over many years, who took out a mortgage in 1998 with the former Springdale Mortgage Corporation Ltd, now Simplicity Mortgages Ltd, of Eastleigh, Hampshire, in order to purchase under Right-to-Buy legislation her council house; further notes that, as part of an agreement signed with Mrs Ibbitson, the company undertook to provide five years' sickness, accident and redundancy insurance but reneged on this agreement after she was unable to follow her occupation as a result of stress-related illness; regrets the fact that as a consequence of their failure subsequently to honour this agreement, allegedly because of her status as a foster carer, which was know to the company at the time of the original agreement, Mrs Ibbitson has had her family home of 30 years repossessed; calls upon the company to publicly apologise to Mrs Ibbitson and fully compensate her financially for the trauma and inconvenience she has experienced; and calls upon the Government to investigate the way in which companies of this kind have exploited the Right-to-Buy legislation to the detriment of people such as Mrs Ibbitson.