Reductions In Local News Coverage By Meridian (EDM2067)

Reductions In Local News Coverage By Meridian

EDM number 2067 in 2006-07, proposed by Norman Baker on 09/10/2007.

That this House notes with grave concern the plans put forward by ITV to reduce its number of regional newsrooms from 17 to 9; further notes with particular concern its proposal to merge the three current Meridian regional news programmes; believes this would lead to the loss of a dedicated service for Sussex and Kent and radically reduce the provision of local information to viewers in the South East; further believes that such a merger would equate to a neglect of public service broadcasting commitments by ITV and would presage the end of local output on the channel; and calls upon the Government to press Ofcom to refuse its approval for the merger.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Norman Baker	09/10/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Moore	09/10/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Clark	09/10/2007	Gillingham	Labour	Seconded
Michael Jabez Foster	09/10/2007	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Seconded
Ann Widdecombe	09/10/2007	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	09/10/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	09/10/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	09/10/2007	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	09/10/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	09/10/2007	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/10/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Sandra Gidley	09/10/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	10/10/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Mark Hunter	10/10/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Waterson	10/10/2007	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	10/10/2007	Crawley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	10/10/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	10/10/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	10/10/2007	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/10/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	11/10/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	11/10/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	15/10/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	15/10/2007	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/10/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Salter	15/10/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/10/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	16/10/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	17/10/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/10/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lembit	24/10/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/10/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	29/10/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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