Cuts To The BBC World Service;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 220A1 in 1998-99, proposed by Eric Illsley on 21/01/1999.

leave out from 'House' to end and add 'believes that the World Service is an extraordinary asset and ambassador for Britain; deplores any plan which would reduce the effectiveness of the World Service at a time when the Government has increased its budget; but believes that to flourish the World Service must adapt and change and in particular should be investing in alternatives to short wave such as FM and the Internet; and calls on the Government to conclude the ongoing discussions with the BBC as to how the increased grant in aid can be used to maximise World Service effectiveness.'.

This is a ammendment to 220.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Eric Illsley	21/01/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Proposed
Andrew Rowe	21/01/1999	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	21/01/1999	Leominster	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/01/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jane Griffiths	26/01/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	26/01/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	26/01/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Valerie Davey	26/01/1999	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	26/01/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	26/01/1999	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	26/01/1999	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	26/01/1999	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/01/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	27/01/1999	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	27/01/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/01/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	28/01/1999	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	28/01/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	01/02/1999	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
David Atkinson	01/02/1999	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	02/02/1999	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	02/02/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	02/02/1999	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	02/02/1999	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	03/02/1999	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	03/02/1999	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	03/02/1999	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	04/02/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	04/02/1999	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Amess	04/02/1999	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Flint	04/02/1999	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	04/02/1999	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	04/02/1999	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	09/02/1999	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/02/1999	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/02/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	10/02/1999	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Darvill	11/02/1999	Upminster	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/02/1999	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	11/02/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Lembit	15/02/1999	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	15/02/1999	Selby	Labour	Signed
Fiona Jones	25/02/1999	Newark	Labour	Signed

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