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Future Of Regional Independent Television

EDM number 562 in 2001-02, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 12/12/2001.

That this House notes the commercial pressure on ITV companies to merge in order to compete in the global telecommunications market; further notes the perception that such mergers are needed in order to sustain investment in quality UK based productions for domestic broadcast and for export, but recognises that with the loss of truly independent regional commercial television stations there could be a diminution of regional production across all genres; news, drama, sport, documentary, entertainment etc; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to ensure, through licensing or other regulation, that any ITV company, or companies, must maintain a permanent and regionally managed presence in each region with no diminution of regional news output or other regionally produced material.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Adrian Sanders12/12/2001TorbayLiberal DemocratProposed
Nick Harvey12/12/2001North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed12/12/2001South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor12/12/2001Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler12/12/2001North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross12/12/2001TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell13/12/2001ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes13/12/2001ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones13/12/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael13/12/2001Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker13/12/2001LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus Robertson17/12/2001MorayScottish National PartySigned
Pete Wishart17/12/2001North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Mike Hancock18/12/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn18/12/2001Newport WestLabourSigned
Russell Brown18/12/2001DumfriesLabourSigned
Alan Simpson18/12/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer18/12/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing19/12/2001PerthScottish National PartySigned
John Barrett19/12/2001Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell19/12/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price15/01/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Cousins18/01/2002Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Helen Clark24/01/2002PeterboroughLabourSigned
Matthew Green01/02/2002LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins24/09/2002TamworthLabourSigned
Iain Luke24/09/2002Dundee EastLabourSigned
Mark Fisher24/09/2002Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
John Grogan24/09/2002SelbyLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley24/09/2002York, City ofLabourSigned
John Thurso24/09/2002Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper17/10/2002Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Hamilton23/10/2002MidlothianLabourSigned
Tom Watson04/11/2002West Bromwich EastLabourSigned

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