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EDM number 953 in 1995-96, proposed by Tim Renton on 05/06/1996.

That this House deplores the steep decline in serious reporting and analysis of politics and current affairs in the United Kingdom; notes that this decline has gathered pace in recent times, with increasing emphasis on personalities rather than policies, and on trivia rather than substance; notes the growing contrast both with the past in British journalism and with certain high quality daily newspapers in other countries; and suggests that the editors of those national papers that aim to contribute significantly to opinion-forming should demonstrate a more serious and less personal approach, and seek to achieve more balanced coverage and comment in relation to public issues and political development.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Timothy Renton05/06/1996Mid SussexProposed
Tom King05/06/1996BridgwaterSeconded
John Cope05/06/1996NorthavonSeconded
Cranley Onslow05/06/1996WokingSeconded
David Howell05/06/1996GuildfordSeconded
David Hunt05/06/1996Wirral WestSeconded
Michael Clark05/06/1996RochfordSigned
Jerry Wiggin05/06/1996Weston-Super-MareSigned
Ray Whitney05/06/1996WycombeSigned
Patrick Thompson05/06/1996Norwich NorthSigned
Michael Alison05/06/1996SelbySigned
Timothy Devlin05/06/1996Stockton SouthSigned
Quentin Davies05/06/1996Stamford and SpaldingSigned
Patrick Cormack05/06/1996South StaffordshireSigned
Michael Brown05/06/1996Brigg and CleethorpesSigned
Roger Moate05/06/1996FavershamSigned
James Lester05/06/1996BroxtoweSigned
Mark Lennox-Boyd05/06/1996Morecambe & LunesdaleSigned
Jill Knight05/06/1996Birmingham, EdgbastonSigned
Tim Smith05/06/1996BeaconsfieldSigned
Tim Sainsbury05/06/1996HoveSigned
Andrew Rowe05/06/1996Kent MidSigned
Wyn Roberts05/06/1996ConwySigned
Elizabeth Peacock05/06/1996Batley & SpenSigned
Nicholas Winterton06/06/1996MacclesfieldSigned
John Gorst06/06/1996Hendon NorthSigned
David Nicholson06/06/1996TauntonSigned
Ken Livingstone06/06/1996Brent EastSigned
Jerry Hayes06/06/1996HarlowSigned
William Powell06/06/1996CorbySigned
Toby Jessel06/06/1996TwickenhamSigned
Michael Colvin07/06/1996Romsey and WatersideSigned
Marion Roe10/06/1996BroxbourneSigned
Giles Shaw10/06/1996PudseySigned
Lynne Jones10/06/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
David Knox10/06/1996Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
Richard Needham10/06/1996North WiltshireSigned
Harry Greenway10/06/1996Ealing NorthSigned
John Hannam10/06/1996ExeterSigned
Jacques Arnold10/06/1996GraveshamSigned
Andrew Bowden10/06/1996Brighton, KemptownSigned
Richard Burden11/06/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Anthony Grant11/06/1996Cambridge South WestSigned
Andrew Faulds11/06/1996Warley EastSigned
Peter Emery11/06/1996HonitonSigned
Tim Rathbone12/06/1996LewesSigned
Michael Jopling12/06/1996Westmorland & LonsdaleSigned
Jean Corston12/06/1996Bristol EastSigned
Mike Gapes12/06/1996Ilford SouthSigned
Ann Winterton12/06/1996CongletonSigned
John Hunt13/06/1996RavensbourneSigned
Geoffrey Johnson Smith19/06/1996WealdenSigned
Edward O'Hara19/06/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Roy Beggs04/07/1996East AntrimSigned
Nigel Jones09/07/1996CheltenhamSigned

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