Hudghton (Greens/EFA) - I voted in favour of the amendments to the Mavrommatis report explicitly recognising the autonomy of sports organisations. My own country, Scotland, has a long tradition of autonomous, independent sporting bodies with organisations such as the Scottish Football Association being recognised as a full Member State organisation of FIFA and likewise the Scottish Rugby Union being a Member State within the IRB. This recognition of Scottish sporting independence has played an important role in my country's past and will play an important role after the 2010 Scottish independence referendum – when Scotland will become a full, independent Member State of the EU.