BBC

EDM number 1891 in 2008-09, proposed by John McDonnell on 14/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Media.

That this House notes that the BBC is recognised as setting a quality standard for broadcasting throughout the UK and being a significant employer of those working in broadcasting in the UK and the main provider of education and training in the sector; further notes that the Corporation is uniquely and directly accountable through the BBC Trust to the licence fee payer with the purpose to inform, educate and entertain; believes that the BBC is extremely popular with audiences and provides an unrivalled range of high quality public service content via eight national television channels plus regional programming, 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations and an extensive website; and therefore reaffirms its commitment to the future of the BBC and its exclusive use of licence fee funding.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	14/07/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Don Foster	14/07/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Grogan	14/07/2009	Selby	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	14/07/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Neil Gerrard	14/07/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Seconded
Simon Hughes	14/07/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Anne Begg	14/07/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	14/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	14/07/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	14/07/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	14/07/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	14/07/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	14/07/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/07/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/07/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/07/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	14/07/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/07/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	15/07/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/07/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	15/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	15/07/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/07/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	15/07/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	16/07/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Hywel Williams	16/07/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/07/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	16/07/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	20/07/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Caton	20/07/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
John Battle	20/07/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	21/07/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/07/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	21/07/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	21/07/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	21/07/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/07/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	21/07/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/07/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	12/10/2009	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	12/10/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gavin Strang	12/10/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/10/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	12/10/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	12/10/2009	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Alan Reid	12/10/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	13/10/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	13/10/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/10/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	14/10/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	14/10/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	14/10/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	14/10/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/10/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	14/10/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	14/10/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/10/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	15/10/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	19/10/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	19/10/2009			Signed
Betty Williams	19/10/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	19/10/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	19/10/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/10/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	20/10/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Lembit	21/10/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/10/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	26/10/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/10/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/10/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	27/10/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	27/10/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	27/10/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	29/10/2009	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	05/11/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	09/11/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	11/11/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	11/11/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	11/11/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	Unknown			Withdrawn

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