United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 1195
UNITED KINGDOM FOOTBALL TEAM
Introduced
29 November 2000
Last action
29 November 2000 · Early Day Motion
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0
Sponsors
Alex Salmond
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29 November 2000
Summary
That this House notes the call by the Home Secretary to create a United Kingdom football team; notes the universal condemnation by the Tartan Army, Scottish Football Association and the Scottish National Party; also notes that the hard-won reputation of the Tartan Army as international ambassadors of Scotland would be jeopardised by this proposal; further notes the admission by the former Sports Minister, the honourable Member for West Ham, that when he made the same proposal some years ago he was immediately contacted by Alistair Campbell and told it was costing Labour votes in Scotland; and regrets that this Government is undermining Scottish nationhood.
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29 November 2000
Early Day Motion
That this House notes the call by the Home Secretary to create a United Kingdom football team; notes the universal condemnation by the Tartan Army, Scottish Football Association and the Scottish National Party; also notes that the hard-won reputation of the Tartan Army as international ambassadors of Scotland would be jeopardised by this proposal; further notes the admission by the former Sports Minister, the honourable Member for West Ham, that when he made the same proposal some years ago he was immediately contacted by Alistair Campbell and told it was costing Labour votes in Scotland; and regrets that this Government is undermining Scottish nationhood.
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- Alex Salmond · Scottish National Party · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/17484
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- uk · edm-17484 · source updated 29 November 2000