Telephone Boxes

EDM number 899 in 2007-08, proposed by Mike Weir on 06/02/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Telecommunications.

That this House notes with concern plans by BT to close telephone boxes in Scotland; further notes with particular concern the impact that this might have in rural areas where populations are sparse and mobile telephone reception is patchy; calls on Ofcom to make sure that no residents or travellers could be put in danger through lack of emergency telephones; further calls for a national plan to be drawn up by the regulator and BT before any further telephone box closures are proposed, including consideration of options such as cashless or emergency-only boxes for those deemed essential; and urges Ofcom to consult all the affected communities to gain their support.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Weir	06/02/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Nigel Evans	06/02/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	06/02/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	06/02/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Lee Scott	06/02/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	06/02/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Robert Smith	06/02/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/02/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	07/02/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/02/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/02/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/02/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	07/02/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/02/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/02/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	18/02/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	18/02/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	18/02/2008	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Alex Salmond	18/02/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/02/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/02/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	19/02/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	19/02/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
John Leech	19/02/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	19/02/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/02/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	20/02/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	21/02/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Hamilton	21/02/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	21/02/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	22/02/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	25/02/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	26/02/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	02/04/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	02/04/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Mason	28/10/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed

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