Newspaper Distribution

EDM number 79 in 1996-97, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 28/10/1996.

That this House notes that the introduction of a new code of practice for the national newspaper industry in October 1994 has led to a diminished service to readers and a threat to the diversity and democracy of the Press because the thousands of new outlets created, such as petrol stations and supermarkets, can only carry a limited range of high circulation papers and therefore traditional newsagent outlets, unable to compete, are closing down; further notes that this situation is exacerbated by the fact that, following exclusive contracts issued by publishers, whole areas are serviced by only one wholesaler, and that wholesale depots have decreased in number by over half in 12 months with a consequent loss of service and choice to customers and an increased trend to monopolisation which will threaten all but the largest publications; and therefore believes this matter should be urgently referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission before the damage to press freedom is irreversible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 107 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Bottomley	28/10/1996	Eltham		Proposed
Ken Livingstone	28/10/1996	Brent East		Signed
Alf Morris	28/10/1996	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Teresa Gorman	28/10/1996	Billericay		Signed
Jim Wallace	28/10/1996	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	28/10/1996	Caernarfon		Signed
Andrew Faulds	29/10/1996	Warley East		Signed
Maria Fyfe	29/10/1996	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
George Galloway	29/10/1996	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Neil Gerrard	29/10/1996	Walthamstow		Signed
Norman Godman	29/10/1996	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Mildred Gordon	29/10/1996	Bow and Poplar		Signed
John Evans	29/10/1996	St Helens North		Signed
Bill Etherington	29/10/1996	Sunderland North		Signed
Chris Davies	29/10/1996	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	29/10/1996	Perth and Kinross		Signed
John Cummings	29/10/1996	Easington		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	29/10/1996	Islington North		Signed
Harry Cohen	29/10/1996	Leyton		Signed
Ann Coffey	29/10/1996	Stockport		Signed
Ann Clwyd	29/10/1996	Cynon Valley		Signed
Tommy Graham	29/10/1996	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Diane Abbott	29/10/1996	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Win Griffiths	29/10/1996	Bridgend		Signed
Audrey Wise	29/10/1996	Preston		Signed
Mike Watson	29/10/1996	Glasgow Central		Signed
Joan Walley	29/10/1996	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Don Touhig	29/10/1996	Islwyn		Signed
Jack Thompson	29/10/1996	Wansbeck		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	29/10/1996	Bradford South		Signed
Roger Berry	29/10/1996	Kingswood		Signed
Tony Benn	29/10/1996	Chesterfield		Signed
Hugh Bayley	29/10/1996	York, City of		Signed
Harry Barnes	29/10/1996	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Tony Banks	29/10/1996	Newham North West		Signed
Janet Anderson	29/10/1996	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Mike Hall	29/10/1996	Warrington South		Signed
Peter Hain	29/10/1996	Neath		Signed
John Gunnell	29/10/1996	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
David Chidgey	29/10/1996	Eastleigh		Signed
Jamie Cann	29/10/1996	Ipswich		Signed
Colin Pickthall	29/10/1996	West Lancashire		Signed
Lynne Jones	29/10/1996	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Eric Illsley	29/10/1996	Barnsley Central		Signed
Simon Hughes	29/10/1996	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Kevin Hughes	29/10/1996	Doncaster North		Signed
John Home Robertson	29/10/1996	East Lothian		Signed
Keith Hill	29/10/1996	Streatham		Signed
John Heppell	29/10/1996	Nottingham East		Signed
Nick Harvey	29/10/1996	North Devon		Signed
Peter Hardy	29/10/1996	Wentworth		Signed
Rachel Squire	29/10/1996	Dunfermline West		Signed
Dennis Skinner	29/10/1996	Bolsover		Signed
Alan Simpson	29/10/1996	Nottingham South		Signed
Terry Rooney	29/10/1996	Bradford North		Signed
Robert Parry	29/10/1996	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Peter Pike	29/10/1996	Burnley		Signed
Tony Lloyd	29/10/1996	Stretford		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/10/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	29/10/1996	Workington		Signed
Anne Campbell	29/10/1996	Cambridge		Signed
James Callaghan	29/10/1996	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Richard Burden	29/10/1996	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Keith Bradley	29/10/1996	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Martin O'Neill	29/10/1996	Clackmannan		Signed
Edward O'Hara	29/10/1996	Knowsley South		Signed
Bill O'Brien	29/10/1996	Normanton		Signed
Chris Mullin	29/10/1996	Sunderland South		Signed
Eddie Loyden	29/10/1996	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Liz Lynne	29/10/1996	Rochdale		Signed
Denis MacShane	29/10/1996	Rotherham		Signed
Alice Mahon	29/10/1996	Halifax		Signed
Eric Martlew	29/10/1996	Carlisle		Signed
Ian McCartney	29/10/1996	Makerfield		Signed
Bill Michie	29/10/1996	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	30/10/1996	Durham, City of		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	30/10/1996	Leigh		Signed
Tom Cox	30/10/1996	Tooting		Signed
Jean Corston	30/10/1996	Bristol East		Signed
Robin Corbett	30/10/1996	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Gordon Oakes	30/10/1996	Halton		Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/10/1996	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
Diana Maddock	30/10/1996	Christchurch		Signed
Barry Jones	30/10/1996	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Robert Hughes	30/10/1996	Aberdeen North		Signed
Bridget Prentice	30/10/1996	Lewisham East		Signed
Dennis Turner	31/10/1996	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Andrew Bowden	31/10/1996	Brighton, Kemptown		Signed
Michael Clapham	31/10/1996	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Nigel Jones	04/11/1996	Cheltenham		Signed
Donald Dixon	05/11/1996	Jarrow		Signed
Paul Flynn	05/11/1996	Newport West		Signed
Greg Pope	06/11/1996	Hyndburn		Signed
Alex Carlile	06/11/1996	Montgomery		Signed
Ray Michie	07/11/1996	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Denzil Davies	13/11/1996	Llanelli		Signed
Peter Fry	14/11/1996	Wellingborough		Signed
Allan Rogers	03/12/1996	Rhondda		Signed
Nick Ainger	04/12/1996	Pembroke		Signed
Margaret Hodge	05/12/1996	Barking		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	22/01/1997	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	29/01/1997	Cardiff Central		Signed
Graham Riddick	30/01/1997	Colne Valley		Signed
Jim Cunningham	06/02/1997	Coventry South East		Signed
Max Madden	10/02/1997	Bradford West		Signed
John Battle	13/02/1997	Leeds West		Signed
Martin Smyth	04/03/1997	Belfast South		Signed

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