Local Newspaper Week

EDM number 1479 in 2007-08, proposed by Bob Russell on 06/05/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Press.

That this House values the important role performed by local newspapers; agrees with The Newspaper Society that local newspapers are the most trusted source of local news and advertising; welcomes the Society's 10th annual Local Newspaper Week, which is being held between 5th and 11th May; acknowledges that local newspapers are right at the heart of Britain's local communities and have a vital role in assisting the democratic process through coverage of local events and by campaigns on important local issues; and looks forward to local newspapers continuing to make an essential contribution to the vitality of local communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	06/05/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Ann Cryer	06/05/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	06/05/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Seconded
Nigel Evans	06/05/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	06/05/2008	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Mark Hunter	07/05/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Willie Rennie	07/05/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	07/05/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/05/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	07/05/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	07/05/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/05/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/05/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	07/05/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
David Lepper	07/05/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/05/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/05/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	08/05/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	08/05/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/05/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	08/05/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/05/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	08/05/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/05/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	08/05/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/05/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	12/05/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	12/05/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	12/05/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Robert Key	12/05/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/05/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	13/05/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	13/05/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/05/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/05/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/05/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	14/05/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/05/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/05/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	14/05/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	15/05/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	15/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	15/05/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Adam Price	15/05/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	16/05/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
John Leech	19/05/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	02/06/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/06/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Hamilton	02/06/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/06/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	02/06/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	09/06/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/06/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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