Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1148open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2000
That this House draws the attention of rail passengers from Sheffield, Chesterfield, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, Wellingborough, Bedford and Luton to the fact that on Monday 13th November Midland Mainline altered its previous emergency timetable with no prior notice in the press, on local radio, or Ceefax and that the normal two hour 20 minute service took almost six hours with no apparent signs of flooding on the line or work on the track; deplores the arrogant lack of information illustrated by a permanently engaged telephone; and calls on Midland Mainline to reduce all fares by 50 per cent. until its normal mediocre service is resumed.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 999open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 July 2000
That this House congratulates the Connie Grant School of Dancing for its 75 years of successful style and glamour in Sheffield and South Yorkshire, its outstanding achievements in fundraising for charity, its sell-out performance this week at the Sheffield City Hall for children with leukaemia at Great Ormond Street Hospital, its pioneering of formation dancing, its coaching of British champions through the days of Victor Sylvester, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, its three generations of family tradition, and the 500 children and adults in the performance this week featuring tap, ballet, modern jazz and song and dance to help other children in need.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 770open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 May 2000
That this House congratulates the Football Trust for its huge achievements, notably in helping professional clubs to implement the recommendations of the Taylor Report and to bring about the transformation of football grounds, providing venues that saw England host Euro 96 and which would be ready to host the World Cup Finals in 2006; notes that after investing ú400 million in the national game at all levels over the past 25 years the Football Trust is being wound up; welcomes the setting up of the Football Foundation as its successor body; and wishes the Foundation every success with its important work on grassroots football, community initiatives and ground improvements.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 537open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House notes that the Premier League and Nationwide League are commencing negotiations for a renewed television deal with all television companies which is likely to bring in more than one billion pounds over five years and that this deal will mean an over 20 per cent. increase in income; notes that the Premier League currently has over 100 players who earn more than one million pounds a year each; notes that the last television increases went straight into players' wages while admission prices continued to soar; notes the devasting effect this wage inflation had on smaller clubs in lower leagues; and calls for the introduction of a regulator for the industry so that this increase in television money is used to reduce admission prices and provide help for smaller clubs in genuine need.
Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 536open
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 March 2000
That this House welcomes the lobby of Parliament by the Football Supporters Association on Thursday 2nd March when representatives from over 50 football supporters clubs nationwide met honourable Members to demand that Parliament should impose a regulator on the industry, as proposed in the fans' evidence to the Task Force inquiry, with powers to examine and protect the interests of those committed fans who are forced to pay high admission prices because no other body in the game will act on behalf of the lower division clubs.