Parliament Website

Memorial To Those Involved In The BBC World Service Eastern European Sections

EDM number 956 in 2005-06, proposed by Greg Hands on 07/11/2005.

That this House notes the BBC's proposal to end World Service broadcasts in various Central and Eastern European languages, including Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Slovene; further notes that these radio stations have been in operation since September 1939, and acted for 50 years during the Second World War and the Cold War as a beacon of hope, liberty and democracy to the nations of Central and Eastern Europe under totalitarian control; and urges the BBC to consult relevant organisations with a view to building an appropriate physical memorial to those who worked on these broadcasts, perhaps including a statue of Georgi Markov, who was assassinated in London on 11th September 1978, by the Bulgarian secret police due to his broadcasts on the World Service.

This motion has been signed by a total of 78 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Hands07/11/2005Hammersmith and FulhamConservativeProposed
Michael Penning08/11/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock08/11/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley08/11/2005Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell08/11/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Meale09/11/2005MansfieldLabourSeconded
Daniel Kawczynski09/11/2005Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSigned
Rob Wilson09/11/2005Reading EastConservativeSigned
Grant Shapps09/11/2005Welwyn HatfieldConservativeSigned
Lee Scott09/11/2005Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Jeremy Hunt09/11/2005South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Stewart Jackson09/11/2005PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Brian Binley09/11/2005Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt09/11/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Desmond Swayne09/11/2005New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Mark Francois09/11/2005RayleighConservativeSigned
David Davies09/11/2005MonmouthConservativeSigned
Tom Brake09/11/2005Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink10/11/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Stephen Hammond10/11/2005WimbledonConservativeSigned
Peter Bone10/11/2005WellingboroughConservativeSigned
John Hemming10/11/2005Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton10/11/2005CongletonConservativeSigned
John Bercow10/11/2005BuckinghamConservativeSigned
William Cash10/11/2005StoneConservativeSigned
Richard Ottaway10/11/2005Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson10/11/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Randall10/11/2005UxbridgeConservativeSigned
John Pugh10/11/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams11/11/2005Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Hendry14/11/2005WealdenConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle14/11/2005ChorleyLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd14/11/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Julian Brazier14/11/2005CanterburyConservativeSigned
Greg Clark14/11/2005Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Mark Harper14/11/2005Forest of DeanConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling15/11/2005Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Angus MacNeil15/11/2005Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
David Burrowes15/11/2005Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
James Gray15/11/2005North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Albert Owen15/11/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Theresa May15/11/2005MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis15/11/2005New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson15/11/2005UpminsterConservativeSigned
Michael Connarty16/11/2005Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Gary Streeter16/11/2005South West DevonConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis16/11/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Grogan17/11/2005SelbyLabourSigned
Edward Vaizey17/11/2005WantageConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant21/11/2005LichfieldConservativeSigned
Roger Williams21/11/2005Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Tredinnick21/11/2005BosworthConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan21/11/2005Chesham and AmershamConservativeSigned
Christopher Fraser21/11/2005South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Piara S Khabra21/11/2005Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Oliver Heald22/11/2005North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
John Horam22/11/2005OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Anne Milton22/11/2005GuildfordConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier23/11/2005HarboroughConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell28/11/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
David Amess28/11/2005Southend WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous28/11/2005South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing28/11/2005Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Michael Gove29/11/2005Surrey HeathConservativeSigned
Martin Horwood29/11/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Caroline Spelman01/12/2005MeridenConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond01/12/2005Runnymede and WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin05/12/2005LeominsterConservativeSigned
John Barrett06/12/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
James Brokenshire12/12/2005HornchurchConservativeSigned
Anne Main15/12/2005St AlbansConservativeSigned
Edward Leigh19/12/2005GainsboroughConservativeSigned
David Wilshire19/12/2005SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison20/12/2005WestburyConservativeSigned
John Gummer20/12/2005Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross11/01/2006TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugo Swire06/03/2006East DevonConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer24/04/2006NewarkConservativeSigned

Download raw data as csv or xml.