GB WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM AT LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS

Early day motion 359, tabled 17 December 2008 by John McDonnell (Labour). Signed by 36 members.

That this House notes that the debate about a GB football team at the 2012 London Olympics has focussed only on the men's game, and there has been little or no discussion of a GB women's football team at the Olympics; further notes that football is now one of the most popular team sports for women and girls; regrets that women's football continues to be vastly under-funded and under-represented in the media compared with the men's game; believes that a women's GB team would raise awareness of football as a top-level female sport and encourage many more women and girls to be physically active and sustain good health through playing football; and therefore urges the Government to support a GB women's football team at 2012 and commit to fostering the growth of women's football at every level.

Signatures by party: Labour 25, Liberal Democrat 9, Conservative 2.