Another name has been added to Eric Illsey's Early Day Motion asking for the Football Association to review its decision not to punish Sheffield United's Chris Morgan for his elbow-led challenge that fractured Iain Hume's skull.
Iris Robinson who is the Democratic Unionist MP for Strangford in Northern Ireland has become the 16th MP to add her name.
The EDM reads:
That this House views with astonishment the decision by the Football Association to take no further action against the Sheffield United player Chris Morgan following an incident during Barnsley's match against Sheffield United on 8 November 2008 which resulted in the admission of Barnsley player Iain Hume to a hospital intensive care unit suffering from a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain; and calls on the Football Association to review this decision and either to take action against what can only be described as violent conduct or to abandon once and for all its so-called Respect Agenda in view of the lack of protection given to Iain Hume and the complete failure of football's governing body to deal properly with this issue.
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Emily Thornberry, Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury; Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk, Linda Riordan, Labour MP for Halifax; Greg Pope, Labour MP for Hyndburn; Timothy Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale; Tom Levitt, Labour MP for High Peak and Kelvin Hopkins, Labour MP for Luton North; Colin Challen, Labour MP for Morley and Rothwell, Rudi Vis, Labour MP for Finchley and Golders Green, Jim Devine, Labour MP for Livingston, Michael Clapham, Labour MP for Barnsley West and Penistone, Mike Hancock, Liberal Democrat MP for Portsmouth South; Nick Palmer, Labour MP for Broxtowe; and Ann Cryer, Labour MP for Keighley, have all backed the Motion.
The group of 16 MPs were elected to Parliament in 2005 by more than 307,000 voters to represent their wishes and concerns.