BBC WORLD SERVICE'S EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE

EDM number 1979 in 2007-08, proposed by George Galloway on 08/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Broadcasting and Media.

That this House is opposed to the outsourcing of BBC World Service jobs from the UK; is gravely concerned at the arrangement the BBC has entered into with the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), detailed in a letter from the Corporation's South Asian Business Development Manager to PEMRA on 12th May 2007, which gives the Pakistan authority, an agency of a foreign state, prior clearance for all contents and programmes transmitted on behalf of the World Service by local Pakistani stations; notes that a commitment to editorial independence is enshrined in the BBC's Charter; believes that the arrangement with PEMRA jeopardises that independence; and calls on the Government to withhold its approval for this and similar arrangements.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
George Galloway	08/07/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Proposed
Bob Russell	08/07/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	08/07/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Dai Davies	08/07/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Seconded
Mohammad Sarwar	08/07/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	08/07/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	09/07/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/07/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	14/07/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	14/07/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/07/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Andrew Stunell	14/07/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/07/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/07/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	17/07/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	06/10/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	06/10/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Lembit	20/11/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn

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