News International And Bskyb (EDM2040)

News International And Bskyb

EDM number 2040 in 2010-12, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 06/07/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Press.

That this House condemns the proposal to allow the News International takeover of BSkyB; believes that News Corporation has breached previous assurances when taking over The Times, TheSunday Times, The Sun and the News of the World; further condemns the short consultation period of eight days on this takeover; further believes that there are serious questions outstanding over phone hacking at theNews International-owned News of the World; further believes that the takeover should not be approved whilst such questions are outstanding; and calls on the Government to stop the News International takeover of BSkyB.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	06/07/2011	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	06/07/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Alex Cunningham	06/07/2011	Stockton North	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	06/07/2011	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Katy Clark	06/07/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	06/07/2011	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	06/07/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/07/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/07/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Hywel Williams	06/07/2011	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	06/07/2011	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/07/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	07/07/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/07/2011	Hampstead and Kilburn	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/07/2011	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/07/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	11/07/2011	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	11/07/2011	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	11/07/2011	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	12/07/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	13/07/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Graeme Morrice	13/07/2011	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/07/2011	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	13/07/2011	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/07/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Naomi Long	13/07/2011	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Cathy Jamieson	13/07/2011	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Labour	Signed
John Leech	14/07/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	18/07/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	18/07/2011	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	14/09/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed

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