B.b.c. World Service

EDM number 260 in 1991-92, proposed by Ernie Ross on 26/11/1991.

That this House commends the performance of the BBC World Service generally and in particular its coverage of the events in the Soviet Union in the current year and the reporting of the Gulf War in 1990-91; notes the praise for the World Service by Terry Waite and Mikhail Gorbachev; and urges Her Majesty's Government to provide the resources for the World Service so that Britain remains the place to turn to for accurate and impartial news.

This motion has been signed by a total of 112 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ernie Ross	26/11/1991	Dundee West		Proposed
David Steel	26/11/1991	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	26/11/1991	Leominster		Signed
Mike Watson	26/11/1991	Glasgow Central		Signed
Bowen Wells	26/11/1991	Hertford & Stortford		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	27/11/1991	Leigh		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	27/11/1991	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
John Evans	27/11/1991	St Helens North		Signed
Frank Field	27/11/1991	Birkenhead		Signed
Norman Godman	27/11/1991	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Robin Corbett	27/11/1991	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Frank Cook	27/11/1991	Stockton North		Signed
Tom Clarke	27/11/1991	Monklands West		Signed
Alex Carlile	27/11/1991	Montgomery		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	27/11/1991	Workington		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	27/11/1991	Blyth Valley		Signed
Richard Caborn	27/11/1991	Sheffield Central		Signed
Keith Bradley	27/11/1991	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Tommy Graham	27/11/1991	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Irene Adams	27/11/1991	Paisley North		Signed
Win Griffiths	27/11/1991	Bridgend		Signed
James Wray	27/11/1991	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/11/1991	Macclesfield		Signed
David Winnick	27/11/1991	Walsall North		Signed
Alan Williams	27/11/1991	Swansea West		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	27/11/1991	Caernarfon		Signed
Robert Wareing	27/11/1991	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Joan Walley	27/11/1991	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Keith Vaz	27/11/1991	Leicester East		Signed
Gavin Strang	27/11/1991	Edinburgh East		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	27/11/1991	St Helens South		Signed
Stuart Bell	27/11/1991	Middlesbrough		Signed
John Battle	27/11/1991	Leeds West		Signed
Harry Barnes	27/11/1991	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Gordon Oakes	27/11/1991	Halton		Signed
Paul Murphy	27/11/1991	Torfaen		Signed
Doug Hoyle	27/11/1991	Warrington North		Signed
Jimmy Hood	27/11/1991	Clydesdale		Signed
Norman Hogg	27/11/1991	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Peter Hardy	27/11/1991	Wentworth		Signed
Martin Smyth	27/11/1991	Belfast South		Signed
Chris Smith	27/11/1991	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
Willie Ross	27/11/1991	East Londonderry		Signed
Terry Rooney	27/11/1991	Bradford North		Signed
Keith Raffan	27/11/1991	Delyn		Signed
Joyce Quin	27/11/1991	Gateshead East		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	27/11/1991	Bristol South		Signed
Terry Patchett	27/11/1991	Barnsley East		Signed
Peter Pike	27/11/1991	Burnley		Signed
Eric Illsley	27/11/1991	Barnsley Central		Signed
Ron Leighton	27/11/1991	Newham North East		Signed
Joan Lestor	27/11/1991	Eccles		Signed
Alun Michael	27/11/1991	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Henry McLeish	27/11/1991	Central Fife		Signed
William McKelvey	27/11/1991	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McFall	27/11/1991	Dumbarton		Signed
John McAllion	27/11/1991	Dundee East		Signed
John Maxton	27/11/1991	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Eric Martlew	27/11/1991	Carlisle		Signed
Michael Martin	27/11/1991	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Robert Litherland	27/11/1991	Manchester Central		Signed
Geoffrey Lofthouse	27/11/1991	Pontefract & Castleford		Signed
Calum MacDonald	27/11/1991	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Alice Mahon	27/11/1991	Halifax		Signed
Jim Marshall	27/11/1991	Leicester South		Signed
Tony Banks	28/11/1991	Newham North West		Signed
Patrick Duffy	28/11/1991	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Tom Cox	28/11/1991	Tooting		Signed
Michael Colvin	28/11/1991	Romsey and Waterside		Signed
Menzies Campbell	28/11/1991	Fife North East		Signed
Lewis Moonie	28/11/1991	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Alan Meale	28/11/1991	Mansfield		Signed
Eddie Loyden	28/11/1991	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Stuart Randall	28/11/1991	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Raymond Powell	28/11/1991	Ogmore		Signed
Harry Greenway	29/11/1991	Ealing North		Signed
Alistair Burt	29/11/1991	Bury North		Signed
Ken Livingstone	29/11/1991	Brent East		Signed
Geraint Howells	29/11/1991	Ceredigion and Pembroke North		Signed
Jim Wallace	02/12/1991	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Andrew Faulds	02/12/1991	Warley East		Signed
Huw Edwards	02/12/1991	Monmouth		Signed
David Knox	02/12/1991	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Robert Hicks	02/12/1991	South East Cornwall		Signed
Alan Haselhurst	02/12/1991	Saffron Walden		Signed
William Powell	02/12/1991	Corby		Signed
Peter Viggers	03/12/1991	Gosport		Signed
Jack Thompson	03/12/1991	Wansbeck		Signed
John Taylor	03/12/1991	Strangford		Signed
Peter Hain	03/12/1991	Neath		Signed
David Alton	03/12/1991	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Clive Soley	03/12/1991	Hammersmith		Signed
Jeff Rooker	03/12/1991	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Dennis Turner	04/12/1991	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Ian Grist	04/12/1991	Cardiff Central		Signed
Paul Marland	04/12/1991	Gloucestershire West		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	05/12/1991	Edinburgh South		Signed
James Couchman	05/12/1991	Gillingham		Signed
Ron Davies	05/12/1991	Caerphilly		Signed
Martin Redmond	09/12/1991	Don Valley		Signed
Andrew Welsh	10/12/1991	Angus East		Signed
Elliot Morley	12/12/1991	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Bruce Grocott	13/01/1992	Wrekin, The		Signed
Donald Anderson	16/01/1992	Swansea East		Signed
Kevin Barron	16/01/1992	Rother Valley		Signed
Edward O'Hara	23/01/1992	Knowsley South		Signed
Malcolm Thornton	29/01/1992	Crosby		Signed
John Garrett	03/02/1992	Norwich South		Signed
Martyn Jones	03/02/1992	Clwyd South West		Signed
Adam Ingram	06/02/1992	East Kilbride		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	06/02/1992	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Kim Howells	Unknown			Withdrawn

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