Cuts To The BBC World Service

EDM number 220 in 1998-99, proposed by Mark Fisher on 20/01/1999.

That this House deplores any plan by the BBC to reduce its foreign language programmes at a time when the Government has increased the World Service budget; believes that the World Service is an extraordinary asset and ambassador for Britain; is deeply concerned by the lack of consultation by the BBC; and calls on the Government to enter discussions with the BBC to avert these proposed cuts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs, 7 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Fisher	20/01/1999	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Proposed
Denzil Davies	20/01/1999	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	20/01/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	20/01/1999	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin Bell	20/01/1999	Tatton	Independent	Signed
George Stevenson	20/01/1999	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	20/01/1999	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	20/01/1999	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Winnick	20/01/1999	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/01/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/01/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	20/01/1999	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	20/01/1999	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	20/01/1999	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	20/01/1999	Ross, Skye & Inverness West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Kidney	20/01/1999	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	20/01/1999	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	20/01/1999	Medway	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	20/01/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/01/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	21/01/1999	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	21/01/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
John Austin	21/01/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	21/01/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	21/01/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	21/01/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	21/01/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	21/01/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	21/01/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	21/01/1999	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	21/01/1999	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/01/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	21/01/1999	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Chaytor	21/01/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	25/01/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/01/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	25/01/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	25/01/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/01/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	25/01/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	25/01/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John Randall	25/01/1999	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	26/01/1999	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	26/01/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	26/01/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	26/01/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	26/01/1999	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	26/01/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	26/01/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	27/01/1999	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	27/01/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	27/01/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/1999	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	28/01/1999	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	28/01/1999	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Oona King	01/02/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/02/1999	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	03/02/1999	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	03/02/1999	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/02/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	01/03/1999	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cryer	01/03/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	05/03/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Clapham	Unknown			Withdrawn
Robin Corbett	Unknown			Withdrawn
Bill Michie	Unknown			Withdrawn
Andrew George	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mike Hancock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Phil Sawford	Unknown			Withdrawn

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