THE HONOURS SYSTEM

Early day motion 1395, tabled 11 June 2003 by Paul Farrelly (Labour). Signed by 22 members.

That this House believes that the possible award of an OBE to David Beckham calls into question the advice given to Her Majesty in relation to the present honours system when it took until the year 2000 for the so-called 'forgotten five' members of England's 1966 world cup winning team - Alan Ball, George Cohen, Roger Hunt, Nobby Stiles and Ray Wilson - to be finally awarded the MBE and many community workers receive no honours recognition at all.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Liberal Democrat 2, UUP 1.