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Donation To New Labour From Mr Richard Desmond

EDM number 1284 in 2001-02, proposed by Annabelle Ewing on 13/05/2002.

That this House deplores the acceptance by New Labour of a ú100,000 donation from porn publisher Mr Richard Desmond; believes it is no coincidence that this followed Government approval for Mr Desmond's controversial purchase of Express Newspapers; notes with surprise and disappointment the remarks by the honourable Member for Hamilton North & Bellshill that New Labour does not exercise 'moral judgement' over prospective donors; believes that Mr Desmond's titles are demeaning and degrading to women; and further notes the academic research showing a link between pornography and violence against women; and calls on New Labour to end its relationship with Richard Desmond and return this donation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Annabelle Ewing13/05/2002PerthScottish National PartyProposed
Peter Bottomley14/05/2002Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Michael Weir14/05/2002AngusScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond15/05/2002Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Angus Robertson16/05/2002MorayScottish National PartySigned
Elfyn Llwyd16/05/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Simon Thomas16/05/2002CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Adam Price20/05/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Marsden21/05/2002Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink22/05/2002Castle PointConservativeSigned
Pete Wishart18/06/2002North TaysideScottish National PartySigned

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