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EDM number 178 in 2009-10, proposed by John Grogan on 23/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Sports.

That this House urges the Government to support the recommendations of the Davies Committee that the following events be added to the list of the Crown jewels of sport which must be offered to free-to-air television at a fair and reasonable price, namely the Ashes, the football qualifying matches of the home nations in the home nation concerned, Six Nations rugby in Wales, the Open Golf Championship, the Rugby Union World Cup and the Wimbledon tennis tournament; supports the views of the British Olympic Association and the Rugby Football League respectively that the Winter Olympics and the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final should be retained on the list; notes that Deloitte in a report prepared for BSkyB commented on the positive relationship between free-to-air exposure and sponsorship income and that the marketing director of npower has hinted that having the Ashes back on free-to-air television may persuade the company to continue sponsorship beyond its present deals; and further notes that given that all major sports are recipients of substantial sums of public and Lottery money to fund their grassroots, the great national and international sporting events which unite the nation should be freely available on television to inspire all whatever their age or their income.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Taylor23/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
John Grogan23/11/2009SelbyLabourProposed
Adrian Sanders23/11/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley23/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan23/11/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Anne Begg23/11/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSeconded
Martin Caton23/11/2009GowerLabourSeconded
Ian Davidson23/11/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith23/11/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
David Drew23/11/2009StroudLabourSigned
Clive Efford23/11/2009ElthamLabourSigned
Mike Gapes23/11/2009Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Clive Betts23/11/2009Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell23/11/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell23/11/2009PudseyLabourSigned
David Anderson23/11/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
John Leech23/11/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen23/11/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner23/11/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
John McDonnell23/11/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty23/11/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Keen23/11/2009Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley23/11/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Iddon23/11/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Simon Hughes23/11/2009North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes23/11/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Spink23/11/2009Castle PointIndependentSigned
Bob Russell23/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice23/11/2009PendleLabourSigned
Robert Wareing24/11/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
John Battle24/11/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Andrew George24/11/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn24/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones24/11/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Meale24/11/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan24/11/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle24/11/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson25/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner25/11/2009BolsoverLabourSigned
Joan Humble25/11/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/11/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham25/11/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Janet Dean25/11/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock25/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker25/11/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern25/11/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Stephen Williams25/11/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Roy26/11/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton26/11/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis26/11/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Borrow26/11/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/11/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Ian McCartney26/11/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Jenkins26/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
John Cummings26/11/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
Paul Keetch30/11/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton30/11/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
John Austin01/12/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling02/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Mark Fisher02/12/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey08/12/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Linda Riordan10/12/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Evan Harris16/12/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/01/2010Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby06/01/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Michael Ancram23/02/2010DevizesConservativeSigned
Angela Smith23/02/2010Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Graham Allen10/03/2010Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter23/03/2010CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned

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