§ Ms. Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford)I beg leave to present a petition from supporters of Millwall football club and members of the Football Supporters Association which has been endorsed by 10,000 signatures, including mine. The substance of the petition is that
the proposed legislation to force football supporters to carry identification cards … will have little impact on the problem of football-related violence, will hinder football's attempts to attract a new generation of supporters and will lead to the eventual demise of the game as a spectator sport.Wherefore your Petitioners pray that your honourable House will urge the Government to bring forward proposals which have the support of genuine football supporters.And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray etcetera.
§ To lie upon the Table.