BBC World Service (EDM1356)

BBC World Service

EDM number 1356 in 2010-12, proposed by John McDonnell on 26/01/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Broadcasting.

That this House is shocked at the announcement that hundreds of jobs and services are to be lost as a result of Government cuts to BBC World Service funding; notes that up to 650 jobs will go under the plans, five language services will be closed and others will be scaled back; further notes that theBBC World Service is a quality broadcasting service which is successful and internationally respected; commends the National Union of Journalists inits campaign to defend jobs andquality broadcasting at theBBC World Service; believes that the BBC World Service is a leading voice in international broadcasting and is a voice for challenging corruption, exposing human rights abuses and promoting democratic values; further believes that these cuts will be damaging for objective and qualitynews services around the world; and calls on the Government to review funding to theBBC World Service to maintain this quality broadcasting service and jobs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	26/01/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Hywel Williams	26/01/2011	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Julian Huppert	26/01/2011	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Caroline Lucas	26/01/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Seconded
Linda Riordan	26/01/2011	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	26/01/2011	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/01/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	26/01/2011	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Alex Cunningham	26/01/2011	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	27/01/2011	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mary Glindon	27/01/2011	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	27/01/2011	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	27/01/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/01/2011	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/01/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	27/01/2011	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	27/01/2011	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	27/01/2011	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	31/01/2011	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/01/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	31/01/2011	Mitcham and Morden	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/01/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	31/01/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Joan Ruddock	31/01/2011	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	31/01/2011	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Shannon	01/02/2011	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	01/02/2011	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/02/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	01/02/2011	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	02/02/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	02/02/2011	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	02/02/2011	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	02/02/2011	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	02/02/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	02/02/2011	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	02/02/2011	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	03/02/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew George	03/02/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Rotheram	03/02/2011	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	04/02/2011	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	04/02/2011	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	04/02/2011	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	07/02/2011	Cardiff South and Penarth	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	07/02/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/02/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Connarty	09/02/2011	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Graeme Morrice	09/02/2011	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	10/02/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Dakin	10/02/2011	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	15/02/2011	Easington	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	17/02/2011	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	02/03/2011	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/03/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/03/2011	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Barry Sheerman	10/03/2011	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	10/03/2011	Sheffield South East	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	10/03/2011	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	15/03/2011	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	16/03/2011	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	22/03/2011	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	24/03/2011	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Lisa Nandy	04/04/2011	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	05/04/2011	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	26/04/2011	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	26/04/2011	York Central	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	27/04/2011	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stella Creasy	27/04/2011	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	12/05/2011	Lewisham West and Penge	Labour	Signed

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