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Audio Streaming Of Council Meetings

EDM number 2101 in 2008-09, proposed by Tom Watson on 20/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Information technology and Local government.

That this House calls on the Government to introduce measures to oblige local authorities to stream council meetings on the internet, either live or using open standard audio files like AudioBoo, to improve the accountability and transparency of decision-making in local government.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Watson20/10/2009West Bromwich EastLabourProposed
Bob Spink20/10/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Lynne Jones20/10/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
John Battle20/10/2009Leeds WestLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley20/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Alan Meale21/10/2009MansfieldLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson21/10/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Alan Simpson21/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Colin Breed21/10/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell21/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer21/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
David Taylor21/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
David Drew22/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
Dai Davies22/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Paul Flynn22/10/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/10/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff26/10/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Ian McCartney27/10/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis27/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt27/10/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Jo Swinson09/11/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned

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