Parliamentary Press Gallery

EDM number 1317 in 2007-08, proposed by Peter Kilfoyle on 02/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Parliament and Press.

That this House notes recent media commentary on the rolling programme of maintenance involving the Speaker's rooms; notes that £8.2 million has been spent on the renovation of the Press Gallery; also notes that the media pays nothing for the use of the premises, nor for London telephone calls; is bemused that 10 male members of the lobby have a car parking pass for the Palace of Westminster; is conscious of the annual subsidy to the Press Bar of £210,000; and therefore calls upon members of the Press Gallery to apply to themselves the same standards that they would demand of others.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.