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BBC And Jerry Springer - The Opera

EDM number 502 in 2004-05, proposed by Jeffrey Donaldson on 13/01/2005.

That this House regards with dismay the decision by the BBC to broadcast Jerry Springer - The Opera on BBC 2, causing widespread offence to Christians and those of other faiths by its mocking portrayal of Jesus Christ, Holy Communion, and some of the central tenets of the Christian faith; condemns the show's juvenile and offensive use of repeated profanity in an attempt at humour; further notes that it is particularly serious that the show should have been transmitted by the publicly-funded national broadcaster and questions whether it places the Corporation in breach of its charter; laments the dismissal of Christian concerns by the Director General of the BBC; condemns the serious decline in general of the moral and spiritual content of programmes aired by the BBC; and calls on the Government to publicly rebuke the Corporation for its attack on the religion adhered to by over 70 per cent. of the UK population and for its lowest common denominator approach to ethics in its attempts to chase ratings.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeffrey M Donaldson13/01/2005Lagan ValleyDUPProposed
Nigel Dodds13/01/2005Belfast NorthDUPSeconded
Martin Smyth13/01/2005Belfast SouthUUPSeconded
Gregory Campbell13/01/2005East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Bob Russell13/01/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor13/01/2005North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross13/01/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink17/01/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Sydney Chapman17/01/2005Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Howard Flight17/01/2005Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson17/01/2005EastbourneConservativeSigned
Andy King18/01/2005Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton18/01/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton18/01/2005CongletonConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis18/01/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Taylor18/01/2005SolihullConservativeSigned
Donald Anderson18/01/2005Swansea EastLabourSigned
James Gray18/01/2005North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Michael Fallon18/01/2005SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Stephen Pound18/01/2005Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Selous19/01/2005South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Richard Taylor19/01/2005Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
David Atkinson19/01/2005Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
David Drew19/01/2005StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tom Clarke19/01/2005Coatbridge & ChrystonLabourSigned
Andrew Murrison19/01/2005WestburyConservativeSigned
John Lyons19/01/2005Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
David Lidington19/01/2005AylesburyConservativeSigned
Alan Hurst19/01/2005BraintreeLabourSigned
Peter Luff20/01/2005Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Michael Mates20/01/2005East HampshireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss20/01/2005North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
David Burnside20/01/2005South AntrimUUPSigned
Julia Drown20/01/2005South SwindonLabourSigned
John Wilkinson20/01/2005Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Betty Williams24/01/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff24/01/2005Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Adrian Flook24/01/2005TauntonConservativeSigned
Brian Mawhinney24/01/2005North West CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Quentin Davies24/01/2005Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
Frank Cook24/01/2005Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Diana Organ24/01/2005Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Tony Colman24/01/2005PutneyLabourSigned
Laurence Robertson24/01/2005TewkesburyConservativeSigned
Gerald Howarth24/01/2005AldershotConservativeSigned
Edward Leigh24/01/2005GainsboroughConservativeSigned
Bill Olner24/01/2005NuneatonLabourSigned
John Horam25/01/2005OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Iris Robinson26/01/2005StrangfordDUPSigned
Peter Robinson26/01/2005Belfast EastDUPSigned
Janet Dean26/01/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Alex Salmond27/01/2005Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Peter Lilley27/01/2005Hitchin & HarpendenConservativeSigned
David Crausby27/01/2005Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Mark Field27/01/2005Cities of London & WestminsterConservativeSigned
David Amess27/01/2005Southend WestConservativeSigned
Kate Hoey31/01/2005VauxhallLabourSigned
Robert Jackson31/01/2005WantageLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin31/01/2005Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Lady Hermon01/02/2005North DownUUPSigned
Michael Jabez Foster01/02/2005Hastings & RyeLabourSigned
John Greenway02/02/2005RyedaleConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe02/02/2005Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Linda Perham03/02/2005Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh04/02/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Ian Paisley09/02/2005North AntrimDUPSigned
Andrew Rosindell21/02/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
Richard Page24/02/2005South West HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Alan Meale01/03/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Humfrey Malins02/03/2005WokingConservativeSigned
John Randall07/03/2005UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Piara S Khabra08/03/2005Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Andrew Hunter21/03/2005BasingstokeDUPSigned
Brian Jenkins04/04/2005TamworthLabourSigned
James Clappison04/04/2005HertsmereConservativeSigned
Tony Clarke06/04/2005Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Joe Benton06/04/2005BootleLabourSigned

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