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EDM number 2151 in 2008-09, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 26/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Broadcasting.

That this House recognises the important and unique contribution the BBC makes to public life in the UK; believes that the licence fee is the best way to continue to fund BBC services; nevertheless also believes that competition to the BBC in public service broadcasting is important for the quality of the BBC's own programming, for the health of the UK's creative sector and for a functioning democracy; recognises that the pressures on commercial broadcasters are such that, without independent funding, plurality in services such as news in the nations and regions is no longer sustainable; and calls on all parties to unite to find a practical solution to the provision of public service broadcasting beyond, and in creative competition with, the BBC.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lindsay Hoyle26/10/2009ChorleyLabourProposed
David Crausby26/10/2009Bolton North EastLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins26/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin26/10/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mike Hancock27/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Desmond Turner27/10/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
David Taylor27/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
David Drew27/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore27/10/2009HendonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer27/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Frank Cook27/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton27/10/2009GowerLabourSigned
David Cairns27/10/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Ian McCartney27/10/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Paul Holmes27/10/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd28/10/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Murphy28/10/2009TorfaenLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara28/10/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Richard Ottaway28/10/2009Croydon SouthConservativeSigned
Ronnie Campbell28/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mark Fisher28/10/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Paul Flynn28/10/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
John Greenway28/10/2009RyedaleConservativeSigned
Derek Twigg29/10/2009HaltonLabourSigned
John Whittingdale02/11/2009Maldon and East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson02/11/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Jim Dowd02/11/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Colin Breed03/11/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard03/11/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Anderson03/11/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Stephen Pound04/11/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn04/11/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride04/11/2009BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Tom Levitt04/11/2009High PeakLabourSigned
Roger Williams04/11/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen04/11/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins05/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Don Foster05/11/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed05/11/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Brian Iddon09/11/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Bob Laxton09/11/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten09/11/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington09/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Norman Baker09/11/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/11/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Russell Brown10/11/2009Dumfries and GallowayLabourSigned
Tim Farron10/11/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope11/11/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Louise Ellman11/11/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Hazel Blears11/11/2009SalfordLabourSigned

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