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Press Complaints Commission And The Daily Express

EDM number 1199 in 2005-06, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 05/12/2005.

That this House notes the recent failure of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) to uphold a complaint against the Daily Express over its 'Bombers are all spongeing asylum seekers' headline; believes that the PCC and its Chair, Christopher Meyer, have failed to uphold the highest standards of accuracy in journalism; further believes the PCC is failing to address the concerns of journalists and members of the public about unethical journalism and the threat it poses to social cohesion within communities; and therefore urges the Government to make the PCC a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell05/12/2005Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Neil Gerrard05/12/2005WalthamstowLabourSeconded
Julie Morgan05/12/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones05/12/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock05/12/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
John McDonnell05/12/2005Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Ken Purchase06/12/2005Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Bob Russell06/12/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer06/12/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
David Taylor06/12/2005North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell07/12/2005Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore07/12/2005HendonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham07/12/2005Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/12/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson08/12/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner08/12/2005BolsoverLabourSigned
Eric Illsley08/12/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
David Drew08/12/2005StroudLabourSigned
Paul Flynn08/12/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing08/12/2005Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins12/12/2005TamworthLabourSigned
Betty Williams12/12/2005ConwyLabourSigned
David Hamilton12/12/2005MidlothianLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/12/2005GowerLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/12/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Derek Wyatt14/12/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
John Pugh15/12/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey15/12/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable15/12/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen19/12/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell19/12/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
George Galloway12/01/2006Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Ian Gibson16/01/2006Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar30/01/2006Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Clare Short31/01/2006Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Diane Abbott31/01/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
David Anderson31/01/2006BlaydonLabourSigned
Nia Griffith02/02/2006LlanelliLabourSigned
Linda Riordan02/02/2006HalifaxLabourSigned
Jim McGovern06/02/2006Dundee WestLabourSigned
Dai Havard14/02/2006Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned

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