ENGLAND, THE WORLD CUP COMPETITION 2006 AND THE CONSTITUENT PARTS OF THE UK

Early day motion 2312, tabled 7 June 2006 by Nigel Evans (Conservative). Signed by 31 members.

That this House notes that the 2006 World Cup competition begins on Friday 9th June in Munich, Germany; further notes that England is the only team from the United Kingdom which qualified for the 2006 World Cup Championships; wishes the England team success in its matches against Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in the first round of the Championships; and calls on all constituent parts of the United Kingdom to get behind England throughout the championships in their bid to get to the finals on 9th July and to bring the cup home to the United Kingdom.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Conservative 11, DUP 3, Liberal Democrat 1, UUP 1.