Opposition MPs are calling on the government to agree to a parliamentary commemoration the Munich Olympic massacre when the games come to London this summer.
Tessa Jowell, S hadow Olympics Minister, is urging the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to agree to hold a minute's silence in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and referees killed by terrorists from the PLO faction Black September at the September 1972 Games.
She has written to the Speaker of the House asking for this to happen "to mark this tragic event".
In response to a question on the subject from Ms Jowell in parliament, Hugh Robertson, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in charge of the Olympics, said she was right to draw attention to what happened in Munich 40 years ago.