High Definition Television On Freeview
EDM number 944 in 2006-07, proposed by John Grogan on 21/02/2007.
That this House recognises the superior picture quality provided by high definition television (HDTV), which is set to become the worldwide industry standard; notes predictions that 10 million households will have HD-ready televisions by 2010 and the success of Freeview, currently estimated to be in more than 9.3 million homes; further notes the expectation of many consumers who have bought HD ready televisions that they will be able to receive HDTV via Freeview after switchover; is concerned by Ofcom's claim that, following switchover, the public service broadcasters, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, will be able to broadcast up to five HD channels on Freeview; believes such a statement will only be valid if the number of channels and interactive services are drastically cut, potentially undermining the switchover process; believes that the combination of Ofcom's preference for a simple sale of spectrum freed up by digital switchover, and the additional costs of production and transmission in HD, may mean that public service broadcasters simply cannot afford the additional spectrum necessary to provide HD via Freeview; and calls on the Secretary of State to ensure that digital switchover is not undermined by the prospect of millions of television viewers, who either cannot afford, or do not want to receive, television by satellite being consigned to a second class service by requiring Ofcom to provide a fair allocation of spectrum for HD on Freeview.
This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
John Grogan | 21/02/2007 | Selby | Labour | Proposed |
Peter Bottomley | 21/02/2007 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
Nick Harvey | 21/02/2007 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Janet Dean | 21/02/2007 | Burton | Labour | Seconded |
Jeff Ennis | 21/02/2007 | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Labour | Seconded |
Bob Spink | 21/02/2007 | Castle Point | Conservative | Seconded |
Kelvin Hopkins | 21/02/2007 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Brian Iddon | 21/02/2007 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Love | 21/02/2007 | Edmonton | Labour | Signed |
Ian Lucas | 21/02/2007 | Wrexham | Labour | Signed |
David Marshall | 21/02/2007 | Glasgow East | Labour | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 21/02/2007 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 21/02/2007 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 21/02/2007 | Glasgow South West | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 21/02/2007 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 21/02/2007 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
Clive Betts | 21/02/2007 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
Katy Clark | 21/02/2007 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Labour | Signed |
Peter Soulsby | 21/02/2007 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
Greg Pope | 22/02/2007 | Hyndburn | Labour | Signed |
John Pugh | 22/02/2007 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Julie Kirkbride | 22/02/2007 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Meale | 22/02/2007 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
Martin Caton | 22/02/2007 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Derek Conway | 22/02/2007 | Old Bexley & Sidcup | Conservative | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 22/02/2007 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 22/02/2007 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
Edward Davey | 22/02/2007 | Kingston and Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 22/02/2007 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 22/02/2007 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 22/02/2007 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Michael Weir | 22/02/2007 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Chris McCafferty | 23/02/2007 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
David Borrow | 23/02/2007 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 23/02/2007 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 26/02/2007 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Colin Burgon | 26/02/2007 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 26/02/2007 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 26/02/2007 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Evans | 26/02/2007 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 26/02/2007 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Joan Humble | 27/02/2007 | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Eric Martlew | 27/02/2007 | Carlisle | Labour | Signed |
John McDonnell | 27/02/2007 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Gregory Campbell | 27/02/2007 | East Londonderry | DUP | Signed |
Bob Russell | 28/02/2007 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 28/02/2007 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 28/02/2007 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 28/02/2007 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Alasdair McDonnell | 28/02/2007 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Doug Naysmith | 28/02/2007 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 28/02/2007 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
Ian Stewart | 28/02/2007 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
Peter Kilfoyle | 01/03/2007 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
David Hamilton | 01/03/2007 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
Gwyn Prosser | 05/03/2007 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
Betty Williams | 05/03/2007 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
David Heyes | 06/03/2007 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
Anne Begg | 06/03/2007 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
David Anderson | 06/03/2007 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Williams | 06/03/2007 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Adrian Sanders | 07/03/2007 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Marsha Singh | 07/03/2007 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
George Howarth | 07/03/2007 | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Labour | Signed |
Louise Ellman | 07/03/2007 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour | Signed |
Jo Swinson | 07/03/2007 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Mates | 08/03/2007 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Miller | 08/03/2007 | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Labour | Signed |
Phil Willis | 08/03/2007 | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jeremy Wright | 08/03/2007 | Rugby and Kenilworth | Conservative | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 09/03/2007 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
Paul Keetch | 12/03/2007 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Austin | 12/03/2007 | Erith and Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Fabian Hamilton | 13/03/2007 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
Philip Davies | 13/03/2007 | Shipley | Conservative | Signed |
Willie Rennie | 14/03/2007 | Dunfermline and West Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Dai Davies | 14/03/2007 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 15/03/2007 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Paul Burstow | 19/03/2007 | Sutton and Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Hemming | 19/03/2007 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Atkinson | 20/03/2007 | Hexham | Conservative | Signed |
Si | 20/03/2007 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 22/03/2007 | Lewisham West | Labour | Signed |
Danny Alexander | 22/03/2007 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 23/03/2007 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 23/03/2007 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Alan Keen | 26/03/2007 | Feltham and Heston | Labour | Signed |
Robert Key | 26/03/2007 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
John Greenway | 27/03/2007 | Ryedale | Conservative | Signed |
David Lepper | 28/03/2007 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
Hugh Bayley | 28/03/2007 | City of York | Labour | Signed |
Martin Horwood | 28/03/2007 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Wright | 29/03/2007 | Telford | Labour | Signed |
Chris Bryant | 16/04/2007 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 16/04/2007 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Mark Hunter | 17/04/2007 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Rowen | 18/04/2007 | Rochdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 19/04/2007 | Hampstead and Highgate | Labour | Signed |
Adam Price | 23/04/2007 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Michael Ancram | 24/04/2007 | Devizes | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Beith | 24/04/2007 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Chris Mole | 25/04/2007 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 25/04/2007 | Barnsley West and Penistone | Labour | Signed |
David Burrowes | 30/04/2007 | Enfield, Southgate | Conservative | Signed |
Graham Stuart | 30/04/2007 | Beverley and Holderness | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Pelling | 01/05/2007 | Croydon Central | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Murphy | 09/05/2007 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
Tim Farron | 15/05/2007 | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Albert Owen | 17/05/2007 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 04/06/2007 | Central Ayrshire | Labour | Signed |
Norman Baker | 18/06/2007 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Frank Field | 21/06/2007 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
Mark Oaten | 29/06/2007 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Gary Streeter | 02/07/2007 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
Stephen Hepburn | 04/07/2007 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
Lindsay Hoyle | 16/07/2007 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
Richard Taylor | 16/07/2007 | Wyre Forest | Independent | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
Nicholas Brown | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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