Future Of Local Radio

EDM number 436 in 2009-10, proposed by John Grogan on 10/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Broadcasting.

That this House is concerned that the Digital Economy Bill in its present form will threaten the future of local radio by creating a two-tier radio industry in which over 100 local stations, that do not have a clear digital migration path, are consigned to an uncertain future on the analogue spectrum once digital switchover has occurred; notes that, with 46 million adults listening to the radio every week and only three per cent. of listeners expressing dissatisfaction with their present service, radio is thriving in its current form; requests the Government to protect the future of local radio by ensuring that where appropriate, all local radio stations have a viable digital migration path; and calls on the Government to address this before committing the industry to analogue switch-off.

This motion has been signed by a total of 81 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Grogan	10/12/2009	Selby	Labour	Proposed
David Chaytor	10/12/2009	Bury North	Labour	Seconded
Philip Davies	10/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Russell	10/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Taylor	14/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
David Drew	14/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	14/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	14/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Colin Breed	15/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Withdrawn
Stephen Williams	15/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	15/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	15/12/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	15/12/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	15/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	15/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	15/12/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	15/12/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/12/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	15/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	15/12/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	16/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	16/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	16/12/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	16/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	16/12/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	16/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	16/12/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	16/12/2009	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	16/12/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	05/01/2010	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	05/01/2010	York, City of	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	05/01/2010	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	05/01/2010	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	07/01/2010	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	11/01/2010	High Peak	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	12/01/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/01/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2010	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	13/01/2010	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	14/01/2010	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	14/01/2010	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	18/01/2010	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/01/2010	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	20/01/2010	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Heald	25/01/2010	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Robert Flello	26/01/2010	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	03/02/2010	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	04/02/2010	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	08/02/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	08/02/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	09/02/2010	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/02/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	09/02/2010	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	22/02/2010	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/02/2010	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	23/02/2010	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	23/02/2010	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Wilshire	26/02/2010	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Jane Kennedy	01/03/2010	Liverpool, Wavertree	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	05/03/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	08/03/2010	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Terry Rooney	15/03/2010	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
William Cash	16/03/2010	Stone	Conservative	Signed
Sian James	30/03/2010	Swansea East	Labour	Signed

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