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Jerry Springer Dvd Withdrawal

EDM number 1270 in 2005-06, proposed by Don Foster on 14/12/2005.

That this House agrees with Noam Chomsky that `if you're really in favour of free speech, then you're in favour of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Otherwise, you're not in favour of free speech'; regrets the apparent decision of Sainsbury's and Woolworths to respond to minimal pressure by withdrawing DVDs of Jerry Springer: the Opera from sale in their stores; recognises that Jerry Springer: the Opera is a widely acclaimed work of art having won eight major awards including best musical at the Olivier Awards, the Critics' Circle Awards and the Evening Standard Awards; notes that vociferous minority pressure groups now increasingly target works of art with the outcome that the majority are sometimes denied the choice to judge works for themselves; and calls on the Government to ensure that freedom of expression remains a central principle of society and to protect the ability of individuals to explore comprehensively and lawfully all aspects of culture.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Don Foster14/12/2005BathLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Holmes15/12/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSeconded
Glenda Jackson15/12/2005Hampstead and HighgateLabourSeconded
Andrew George15/12/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley15/12/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones15/12/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Vincent Cable15/12/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/12/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson19/12/2005East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech19/12/2005Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Holloway19/12/2005GraveshamConservativeSigned
Graham Stringer19/12/2005Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Mark Oaten19/12/2005WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Laura Moffatt19/12/2005CrawleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne20/12/2005TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams20/12/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock20/12/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard20/12/2005WalthamstowLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne20/12/2005EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner20/12/2005BolsoverLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice20/12/2005PendleLabourSigned
Harry Cohen20/12/2005Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Kate Hoey09/01/2006VauxhallLabourSigned
Simon Hughes09/01/2006North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper09/01/2006Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Rudi Vis09/01/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone09/01/2006Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams09/01/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders10/01/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Hurd10/01/2006Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Alan Reid10/01/2006Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope12/01/2006HyndburnLabourSigned
Richard Burden12/01/2006Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
David Howarth17/01/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson19/01/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry23/01/2006Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley01/02/2006RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock14/02/2006Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Martin Salter14/02/2006Reading WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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