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Future Of Gaelic Broadcasting

EDM number 695 in 1995-96, proposed by Hector Monro on 01/04/1996.

That this House applauds the success of Comataidh Telebhisein Gaidhlig, the Gaelic Television Committee, in funding the production of a wide range of high quality Gaelic television programming through its application of the Gaelic Television Fund since its creation in 1992; notes that opinion polls show that more than two million Scots watch Gaelic programmes each year; acknowledges the value of this Government initiative which has benefited the economy by creating the equivalent of 300 full-time jobs and given a significant boost to the renewal of Gaelic language and culture; notes that the Gaelic television service faces growing difficulties in sustaining its success in a changing broadcasting environment due to the Committee's lack of control over the scheduling of programmes and its reduced funding; and, therefore, asks the Government to give further consideration to the basis of the future funding of the Committee to examine ways of giving the Committee greater ability to influence the scheduling of programmes and to consider creating a specific Gaelic broadcasting organisation with powers similar to those of S4C in Wales.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hector Monro01/04/1996DumfriesProposed
Calum MacDonald01/04/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Ken Livingstone02/04/1996Brent EastSigned
Alan Meale02/04/1996MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke02/04/1996MidlothianSigned
Michael Colvin02/04/1996Romsey and WatersideSigned
Norman Godman02/04/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
David Alton02/04/1996Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Bill Walker02/04/1996North TaysideSigned
Lynne Jones02/04/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones03/04/1996Ynys MSigned
Mike Watson03/04/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Tony Banks03/04/1996Newham North WestSigned
George Galloway03/04/1996Glasgow HillheadSigned
Janet Anderson16/04/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Margaret Ewing16/04/1996MoraySigned
Andrew MacKinlay16/04/1996ThurrockSigned
Menzies Campbell16/04/1996Fife North EastSigned
Roland Boyes16/04/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Martin O'Neill16/04/1996ClackmannanSigned
Ray Michie16/04/1996Argyll & ButeSigned
David Knox16/04/1996Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Russell Johnston16/04/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/04/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Robert Maclennan17/04/1996Caithness and SutherlandSigned
Michael Connarty17/04/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Maria Fyfe17/04/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Phil Gallie17/04/1996AyrSigned
Jim Wallace17/04/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Brian Wilson18/04/1996Cunninghame NorthSigned
Dafydd Wigley18/04/1996CaernarfonSigned
Robert Parry18/04/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Adam Ingram19/04/1996East KilbrideSigned
Wyn Roberts22/04/1996ConwySigned
Rachel Squire22/04/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
Charles Kennedy22/04/1996Ross and Cromarty and SkyeSigned
Alex Salmond24/04/1996Banff & BuchanSigned
Martin Smyth24/04/1996Belfast SouthSigned
Archy Kirkwood24/04/1996Roxburgh & BerwickshireSigned
Roseanna Cunningham24/04/1996Perth and KinrossSigned
Andrew Welsh24/04/1996Angus EastSigned
Alex Carlile25/04/1996MontgomerySigned
David Steel30/04/1996Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleSigned
Tam Dalyell30/04/1996LinlithgowSigned
John Maxton30/04/1996Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Martyn Jones30/04/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Malcolm Chisholm30/04/1996Edinburgh LeithSigned
David Marshall01/05/1996Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Ann Coffey01/05/1996StockportSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Win Griffiths02/05/1996BridgendSigned
Sam Galbraith08/05/1996Strathkelvin & BearsdenSigned
Peter Temple-Morris13/05/1996LeominsterSigned
John Hume14/05/1996FoyleSigned
John McFall15/05/1996DumbartonSigned
Joan Ruddock16/05/1996Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Nigel Jones21/05/1996CheltenhamSigned
Nick Harvey22/05/1996North DevonSigned
Allan Stewart04/06/1996Renfrewshire EastSigned
Diane Abbott06/06/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Paul Flynn25/06/1996Newport WestSigned

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