Job Cuts In Local Newspapers (EDM1679)

Job Cuts In Local Newspapers

EDM number 1679 in 2005-06, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 16/02/2006.

That this House expresses its grave concern at the hundreds of jobs, including those of many journalists, which have been cut at local newspapers in recent weeks, including more than one in five journalists at the Manchester Evening News; notes that profit levels are up to 37 per cent. in some parts of the newspaper industry and that all local newspaper groups are making substantial profits; is concerned that coverage of local news, local and national politics, sport, arts and other events will suffer as a result of the cuts and mergers; and therefore urges newspaper proprietors to put investment in quality journalism at the heart of their future strategies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	16/02/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	16/02/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Tony Lloyd	16/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Seconded
Angus Robertson	16/02/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Seconded
David Drew	16/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	16/02/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	16/02/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	27/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/02/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	27/02/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	27/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/02/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/02/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/02/2006	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/02/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	27/02/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	27/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	28/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/02/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	28/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	28/02/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	28/02/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Cummings	28/02/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	28/02/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	28/02/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Charles Walker	01/03/2006	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	01/03/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	01/03/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/03/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	01/03/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/03/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	01/03/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	01/03/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	02/03/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/03/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	02/03/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	02/03/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/03/2006	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lee Scott	02/03/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Chris Ruane	03/03/2006	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	03/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/03/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	06/03/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/03/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	09/03/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	09/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/03/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	10/03/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	14/03/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	14/03/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Diana Johnson	16/03/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/03/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	29/03/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/03/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	09/10/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed

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