Newsagents
EDM number 267 in 1996-97, proposed by Rachel Squire on 27/11/1996.
That this House deplores the fact that newsagents remain under unacceptable pressures as a result of monopolistic practices by wholesalers and publishers resulting in the continued imposition of unjustified carriage charge increases and reduced margins, which is leading to an escalating number of business failures and reductions in the level of service to the public; is further disappointed that, despite the optimistic assurances by the then Minister for Corporate Affairs, who believes that voluntary solutions could be achieved, publishers have refused to participate in intra-industry discussions; is appalled that both the publishers and wholesalers have instead used the time allotted for 'conciliation' by the Director General of Fair Trading to further disadvantage the retailers; and calls upon the President of the Board of Trade and the Minister for Corporate Affairs to refer this matter forthwith to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in order to bring about a structure which will empower newsagents to negotiate terms and conditions on a normal commercial basis.
This motion has been signed by a total of 93 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Rachel Squire | 27/11/1996 | Dunfermline West | | Proposed |
Martin Smyth | 28/11/1996 | Belfast South | | Signed |
Paddy Tipping | 28/11/1996 | Sherwood | | Signed |
Andrew Bowden | 28/11/1996 | Brighton, Kemptown | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 28/11/1996 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 28/11/1996 | Bridgend | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 28/11/1996 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 28/11/1996 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
John Evans | 28/11/1996 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 28/11/1996 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 28/11/1996 | Halifax | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 28/11/1996 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 28/11/1996 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Robert Hughes | 28/11/1996 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
John Heppell | 28/11/1996 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
John Cummings | 28/11/1996 | Easington | | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 29/11/1996 | Hampstead & Highgate | | Signed |
Andrew Faulds | 02/12/1996 | Warley East | | Signed |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 02/12/1996 | Leigh | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 02/12/1996 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 02/12/1996 | Wentworth | | Signed |
John McAllion | 03/12/1996 | Dundee East | | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 03/12/1996 | Preston | | Signed |
Mike Watson | 03/12/1996 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 03/12/1996 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
Joan Walley | 03/12/1996 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 03/12/1996 | North Cornwall | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 03/12/1996 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Tony Benn | 03/12/1996 | Chesterfield | | Signed |
John Battle | 03/12/1996 | Leeds West | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 03/12/1996 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 03/12/1996 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 03/12/1996 | Cynon Valley | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 03/12/1996 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
Denis MacShane | 03/12/1996 | Rotherham | | Signed |
Terry Lewis | 03/12/1996 | Worsley | | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 03/12/1996 | Bolsover | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 03/12/1996 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Terry Rooney | 03/12/1996 | Bradford North | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 03/12/1996 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 04/12/1996 | Eltham | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 04/12/1996 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 04/12/1996 | Newport West | | Signed |
Donald Dixon | 04/12/1996 | Jarrow | | Signed |
Chris Davies | 04/12/1996 | Littleborough and Saddleworth | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 04/12/1996 | Tooting | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 04/12/1996 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 04/12/1996 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Nigel Griffiths | 04/12/1996 | Edinburgh South | | Signed |
John Spellar | 04/12/1996 | Warley West | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 04/12/1996 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Simon Hughes | 04/12/1996 | Southwark and Bermondsey | | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 05/12/1996 | North Devon | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 05/12/1996 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Kenneth Eastham | 05/12/1996 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 05/12/1996 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 06/12/1996 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 06/12/1996 | Clackmannan | | Signed |
Don Touhig | 09/12/1996 | Islwyn | | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 10/12/1996 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 11/12/1996 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 12/12/1996 | Brent East | | Signed |
Diana Maddock | 13/01/1997 | Christchurch | | Signed |
Peter Thurnham | 13/01/1997 | Bolton North East | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 15/01/1997 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 22/01/1997 | Bristol East | | Signed |
Jon Owen Jones | 29/01/1997 | Cardiff Central | | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 29/01/1997 | Leyton | | Signed |
Gerry Sutcliffe | 30/01/1997 | Bradford South | | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 30/01/1997 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
Piara S Khabra | 30/01/1997 | Ealing, Southall | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 30/01/1997 | Neath | | Signed |
Tommy Graham | 05/02/1997 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 06/02/1997 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Roger Berry | 06/02/1997 | Kingswood | | Signed |
Max Madden | 10/02/1997 | Bradford West | | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 17/02/1997 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
Sam Galbraith | 17/02/1997 | Strathkelvin & Bearsden | | Signed |
Dafydd Wigley | 17/02/1997 | Caernarfon | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 18/02/1997 | Midlothian | | Signed |
George Foulkes | 18/02/1997 | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | | Signed |
John Maxton | 18/02/1997 | Glasgow, Cathcart | | Signed |
Calum MacDonald | 18/02/1997 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | | Signed |
Russell Johnston | 19/02/1997 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | | Signed |
Charles Kennedy | 19/02/1997 | Ross and Cromarty and Skye | | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 19/02/1997 | Fife North East | | Signed |
Margaret Ewing | 19/02/1997 | Moray | | Signed |
Adam Ingram | 24/02/1997 | East Kilbride | | Signed |
David Steel | 24/02/1997 | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | | Signed |
Tony Worthington | 24/02/1997 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
John McFall | 26/02/1997 | Dumbarton | | Signed |
James Wray | 26/02/1997 | Glasgow Provan | | Signed |
George Galloway | 04/03/1997 | Glasgow Hillhead | | Signed |
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