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BBC Licence Fee

EDM number 2071 in 2005-06, proposed by Greg Pope on 02/05/2006.

That this House notes with concern the possibility that there may be a steep rise in the BBC licence fee; believes that even at its current level the licence is difficult to pay for many on low and fixed incomes; further believes that any such rise would be particularly hard to justify in the light of the extravagant salaries of some BBC presenters; and concludes that, as the licence fee is effectively a tax on entertainment, any increase in it should only take place after it has been specifically approved by the House on an amendable motion.

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

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Pope02/05/2006HyndburnLabourProposed
Nigel Evans02/05/2006Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Philip Davies03/05/2006ShipleyConservativeSeconded
Derek Wyatt03/05/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSeconded
Michael Weir03/05/2006AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Jim Dobbin03/05/2006Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd03/05/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew Dismore03/05/2006HendonLabourSigned
Ann Winterton03/05/2006CongletonConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell08/05/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Eric Martlew09/05/2006CarlisleLabourSigned
John Whittingdale09/05/2006Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
David Marshall09/05/2006Glasgow EastLabourSigned
Iris Robinson10/05/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
David Simpson10/05/2006Upper BannDUPSigned
Lindsay Hoyle10/05/2006ChorleyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/05/2006Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
William McCrea10/05/2006South AntrimDUPSigned
Rudi Vis10/05/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson10/05/2006East AntrimDUPSigned
Janet Anderson11/05/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton11/05/2006MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Michael Penning15/05/2006Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Albert Owen16/05/2006Ynys MLabourSigned
Derek Conway23/05/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
George Mudie24/05/2006Leeds EastLabourSigned
David Crausby24/05/2006Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds24/05/2006Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Brian Jenkins25/05/2006TamworthLabourSigned
John Battle25/05/2006Leeds WestLabourSigned
John Cummings05/06/2006EasingtonLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton05/06/2006Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Greenway05/06/2006RyedaleConservativeSigned
Jim Cunningham05/06/2006Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders05/06/2006TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
David Clelland06/06/2006Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
George Howarth12/06/2006Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe15/06/2006Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Adam Price19/06/2006Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Stephen Hepburn20/06/2006JarrowLabourSigned
Richard Bacon03/07/2006South NorfolkConservativeSigned

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