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Treatment of Liverpool fans at the 2022 Champions League Final in Paris

EDM (Early Day Motion) 131: tabled on 06 June 2022

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 81 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House condemns the deeply disturbing treatment by French police of Liverpool and Real Madrid fans outside Stade de France at the Champions League Final in Paris; notes catastrophic failures in stadium management by UEFA and French authorities which threatened the lives and wellbeing of supporters; further notes the grossly inadequate funnelling on approaching the stadium; notes the inadequate number of trained stewards on turnstiles and access through said turnstiles; condemns indiscriminate pepper-spraying and tear-gassing of supporters including children by French police; recognises Liverpool fans arrived at Stade de France up to three-and-a-half hours before kick-off; notes Merseyside Police evidence that the vast majority of fans behaved in an exemplary manner, arriving early and queuing as directed; insists UEFA holds an independent investigation into matchday failures in co-ordination with Merseyside Police, LFC and Spirit of Shankly; demands a public apology from UEFA and French authorities for announcing on stadium boards and to a global TV audience that the delay to kick-off was caused by Liverpool fans arriving at the stadium late when this was categorically untrue; demands French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin and French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera publicly retract and apologise for their appalling and unsubstantiated comments about Liverpool fans made since the match; condemns the life threatening bottleneck and crush Liverpool fans were forced into prior to kick-off; and insists that reports of French people entering the stadium without tickets and Liverpool and Real Madrid fans being pick-pocketed and mugged near to the stadium are fully investigated.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Twigg, Derek
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Halton
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Birkenhead
Rimmer, Ms Marie
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
St Helens South and Whiston
Eagle, Dame Angela
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Wallasey
Dowd, Peter
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Bootle
Cooper, Yvette
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Amesbury, Mike
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Weaver Vale
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Hayes and Harlington
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Coventry South
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on 6 June 2022
Islington North
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Cynon Valley
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Wansbeck
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Streatham
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Poplar and Limehouse
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Leeds East
Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Jarrow
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Middlesbrough
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Salford and Eccles
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Norwich South
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
City of Durham
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Easington
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Nottingham East
Ali, Tahir
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Birmingham, Hall Green
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Bolton South East
Tarry, Sam
Labour
Signed on 6 June 2022
Ilford South
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on 6 June 2022
Leicester East
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on 7 June 2022
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 7 June 2022
Strangford
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 7 June 2022
West Lancashire
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 7 June 2022
Bedford
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 7 June 2022
Hemsworth
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 June 2022
Glasgow Central
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 7 June 2022
Edinburgh West
Greenwood, Margaret
Labour
Signed on 7 June 2022
Wirral West
Davies, Geraint
Labour
Signed on 7 June 2022
Swansea West
Ferrier, Margaret
Independent
Signed on 8 June 2022
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Betts, Mr Clive
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Sheffield South East
Hayes, Helen
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Dulwich and West Norwood
Cowan, Ronnie
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 June 2022
Inverclyde
Jones, Mr Kevan
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
North Durham
Esterson, Bill
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Sefton Central
Efford, Clive
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Eltham
Osamor, Kate
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Edmonton
Morgan, Helen
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 8 June 2022
North Shropshire
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Warrington North
Thomson, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 June 2022
Gordon
Hanvey, Neale
Alba Party
Signed on 8 June 2022
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Leyton and Wanstead
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Brennan, Kevin
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Cardiff West
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Dagenham and Rainham
Vaz, Valerie
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Walsall South
Spellar, John
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Warley
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on 8 June 2022
Ealing, Southall
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 June 2022
Glasgow South West
McGovern, Alison
Labour
Signed on 9 June 2022
Wirral South
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 9 June 2022
Brighton, Pavilion
Farry, Stephen
Alliance
Signed on 9 June 2022
North Down
Crouch, Tracey
Conservative
Signed on 9 June 2022
Chatham and Aylesford
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on 9 June 2022
South Shields
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 9 June 2022
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 9 June 2022
York Central
Flynn, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 June 2022
Aberdeen South
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 12 June 2022
Ceredigion
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 12 June 2022
Arfon
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 12 June 2022
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
De Cordova, Marsha
Labour
Signed on 13 June 2022
Battersea
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on 13 June 2022
Rochdale
Moore, Damien
Conservative
Signed on 13 June 2022
Southport
Stone, Jamie
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 14 June 2022
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 14 June 2022
St Albans
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on 22 June 2022
Leeds Central
Turner, Karl
Labour
Signed on 14 February 2023
Kingston upon Hull East
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 February 2023
Kilmarnock and Loudoun

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.