Communications Bill And International Development And Environment Coverage

EDM number 299 in 2002-03, proposed by Tony Baldry on 05/12/2002.

That this House notes that the Government has repeatedly promised to 'protect the interests of citizens and consumers' and has recognised that the 'two are not the same' within the Communications Bill, but that the Bill contains no mention of citizens' interests and no duty on the new regulator, OFCOM, to protect them in relation to the public service broadcasting requirements which include coverage of international development and environment issues; calls on the Government to ensure that OFCOM has a clear general duty to protect and promote the interests of citizens and that a responsibility to regulate public service broadcasting 'with the purpose of strengthening it' is placed explicitly with OFCOM's Content Board; and further calls on the Government to make sure that ITV's remit is strengthened to ensure that it provides a full range of public service programming, not just entertainment and news; and to remove any exemption from penalties for commercial TV channels which fail in their public service obligations, including coverage of international development and environment issues.

This motion has been signed by a total of 118 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Baldry	05/12/2002	Banbury	Conservative	Proposed
Martin Smyth	09/12/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	10/12/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/12/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Davidson	11/12/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	11/12/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/12/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	12/12/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/12/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	17/12/2002	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	17/12/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	18/12/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	18/12/2002	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/12/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	19/12/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/12/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	19/12/2002	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	19/12/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	14/01/2003	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	15/01/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/01/2003	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	15/01/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/01/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/01/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	21/01/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	27/01/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/01/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	28/01/2003	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	28/01/2003	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	29/01/2003	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	29/01/2003	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	30/01/2003	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	03/02/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	03/02/2003	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	04/02/2003	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	04/02/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	05/02/2003	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/02/2003	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	06/02/2003	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	06/02/2003	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	06/02/2003	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	06/02/2003	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Richard Allan	07/02/2003	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	10/02/2003	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adrian Flook	11/02/2003	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Peter Pike	12/02/2003	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	12/02/2003	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/02/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	24/02/2003	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Baker	25/02/2003	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/02/2003	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	05/03/2003	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Wiggin	06/03/2003	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	06/03/2003	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	06/03/2003	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	07/03/2003	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Robert Jackson	07/03/2003	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Sydney Chapman	07/03/2003	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Donald Anderson	10/03/2003	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
James Gray	10/03/2003	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
David Rendel	10/03/2003	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	11/03/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	11/03/2003	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	11/03/2003	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	11/03/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	11/03/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Tony Cunningham	11/03/2003	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	11/03/2003	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/03/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	12/03/2003	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	12/03/2003	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	12/03/2003	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	12/03/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	12/03/2003	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	13/03/2003	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	13/03/2003	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	13/03/2003	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	13/03/2003	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	13/03/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Bennett	14/03/2003	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	17/03/2003	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	17/03/2003	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Nick Palmer	17/03/2003	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
John Mann	19/03/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	19/03/2003	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	19/03/2003	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
David Willetts	19/03/2003	Havant	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	20/03/2003	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	20/03/2003	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/03/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	25/03/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	25/03/2003	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	25/03/2003	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	26/03/2003	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	26/03/2003	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	27/03/2003	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	27/03/2003	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	31/03/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	01/04/2003	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Andy King	07/04/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	08/04/2003	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Prisk	10/04/2003	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	14/04/2003	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	14/04/2003	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	28/04/2003	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Keetch	28/04/2003	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Burnham	28/04/2003	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	06/05/2003	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	08/05/2003	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	12/05/2003	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alex Salmond	09/06/2003	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed

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