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Press Complaints Commission

EDM number 942 in 2007-08, proposed by Bob Russell on 18/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Media and Press.

That this House notes that over the past 10 years the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has received a total of 28,227 complaints from members of the public; is alarmed that the Commission refused to consider ruling on 25,457 complaints, with just over 90 per cent. rejected on technical grounds without the PCC even investigating the complaint; is concerned that only 2,770 complaints were accepted for investigation, of which 2,322 were then resolved when the newspaper reacted to the PCC's acceptance of the complaint by agreeing to apologise or to publish a clarification; is intrigued that only 448 complaints representing 1.6 per cent. of the total, succeeded in persuading the PCC to make a formal adjudication, of which 251 were subsequently rejected; finds it incredible that only 197 (0.69 per cent.) of the 28,227 complaints sent to the PCC over the past 10 years were upheld by an adjudication; pays tribute to investigative journalist Nick Davies for the recent disclosure of these figures in his book Flat Earth News; and calls on the Government to investigate the working of the Press Complaints Commission in light of the findings by Mr Davies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Russell18/02/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratProposed
Bob Spink19/02/2008Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Adrian Sanders19/02/2008TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Angus MacNeil19/02/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Mark Hunter19/02/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer19/02/2008KeighleyLabourSeconded
Brian Jenkins19/02/2008TamworthLabourSigned
David Drew19/02/2008StroudLabourSigned
Mike Hancock19/02/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies20/02/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Sammy Wilson20/02/2008East AntrimDUPSigned
Phil Willis20/02/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis20/02/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell20/02/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Colin Breed20/02/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones20/02/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore20/02/2008HendonLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd21/02/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/02/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn21/02/2008Newport WestLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross21/02/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine21/02/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Derek Conway22/02/2008Old Bexley and SidcupIndependentSigned
Janet Anderson22/02/2008Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/02/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Clive Efford22/02/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Janet Dean22/02/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Paul Holmes22/02/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh26/02/2008SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson26/02/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ken Purchase27/02/2008Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
William McCrea27/02/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
Michael Jabez Foster14/03/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned

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