RUGBY LEAGUE SUPPORTERS' MEDIA PETITION (EDM1023)

RUGBY LEAGUE SUPPORTERS' MEDIA PETITION

EDM number 1023 in 2001-02, proposed by David Hinchliffe on 19/03/2002.

That this House welcomes the presentation to Parliament of a petition signed by over 30,000 supporters of rugby league calling for the promotion of fair and constructive media coverage of the sport; shares their concern over a series of recent examples of inaccurate, ill-informed and damaging commentary in some sections of the media by London-based journalists with little or no knowledge of rugby league; notes that the popularity of rugby league is such that it is now played regularly in all counties of the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland, with clubs at amateur, semi-professional, professional, student and armed forces levels and can no longer be characterised as a purely northern regional sport; commends this important supporters' initiative; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to make every effort to ensure that rugby league is covered in the media in a balanced, accurate and informed manner.

This motion has been signed by a total of 95 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Hinchliffe	19/03/2002	Wakefield	Labour	Proposed
Hywel Francis	19/03/2002	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	19/03/2002	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Caroline Flint	19/03/2002	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	19/03/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	19/03/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeff Ennis	19/03/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	19/03/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/03/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Janet Dean	19/03/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	19/03/2002	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	19/03/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	19/03/2002	Workington	Labour	Signed
Jack Cunningham	19/03/2002	Copeland	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	19/03/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/03/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	19/03/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/03/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	19/03/2002	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Colin Pickthall	19/03/2002	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/03/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	19/03/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	19/03/2002	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	19/03/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	19/03/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dave Watts	19/03/2002	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	19/03/2002	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/03/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	19/03/2002	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	19/03/2002	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/03/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Ann Taylor	19/03/2002	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	19/03/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	19/03/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/03/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	19/03/2002	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	19/03/2002	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Amess	19/03/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Richard Allan	19/03/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Smith	19/03/2002	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	19/03/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	19/03/2002	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	19/03/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	19/03/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/03/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/03/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	19/03/2002	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	19/03/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	19/03/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	19/03/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/03/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	19/03/2002	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	19/03/2002	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	19/03/2002	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	19/03/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	19/03/2002	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	19/03/2002	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	19/03/2002	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	19/03/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/03/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	19/03/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	19/03/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	19/03/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	19/03/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	19/03/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	19/03/2002	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/03/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
George Mudie	19/03/2002	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	19/03/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	19/03/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	19/03/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin McNamara	19/03/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	19/03/2002	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/03/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	19/03/2002	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	19/03/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	20/03/2002	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/03/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/03/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	20/03/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	20/03/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/03/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	20/03/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/03/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/03/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/03/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Heyes	21/03/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	21/03/2002	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	25/03/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	25/03/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	25/03/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	16/04/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	08/05/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/09/2002	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed

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