Viewing Parliamentary Proceedings Online

EDM number 1319 in 2007-08, proposed by Jo Swinson on 02/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting, Internet and cybercrime, Media and Parliament.

That this House notes the imperative to maximise turnout at general elections and address the issues behind instances of low turnout, particularly among young people; believes that the public's engagement with politics would be improved by wider viewing of proceedings in Parliament; notes that there is currently a ban on the posting of parliamentary video clips on websites described by the relevant authorities as `third party hosting websites'; believes that video footage of parliamentary proceedings should be made available to the public on video hosting websites such as YouTube; notes that online viewing is increasing in popularity, with a 2006 ICM survey finding that 43 per cent. of people in the UK are watching less television as a result of increased online viewing; and calls for parliamentary authorities to review current broadcasting arrangements so that footage of parliament can be widely viewed by the electorate using the internet.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	02/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Steve Webb	02/04/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	02/04/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
George Howarth	02/04/2008	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Seconded
Graham Stuart	02/04/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	02/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	02/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	03/04/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	03/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	03/04/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	03/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	03/04/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	03/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	03/04/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	03/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	03/04/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	21/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	21/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	21/04/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	21/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	21/04/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	21/04/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	21/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	22/04/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	22/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/04/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/04/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	24/04/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	24/04/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	25/04/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	28/04/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	29/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	14/05/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/05/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/05/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	02/06/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian McCartney	03/06/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	03/06/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	05/11/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/11/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	06/11/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	06/11/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	12/11/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	12/11/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	17/11/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	18/11/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	19/11/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	24/11/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	Unknown			Withdrawn

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