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Eu Funding For Symbian Mobile Operating System

EDM number 958 in 2010-12, proposed by Robert Halfon on 03/11/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Economic and monetary union and Telecommunications.

That this House notes the fact that the European Union is seeking to use 22 million euros of hard-pressed taxpayers' money to subsidise a mobile operating system called Symbian; further notes that this system is primarily used by Nokia, whose sales have plummeted as a result, and that other competitors have abandoned it due to its outdated technology, bugs and manufacturing errors; is concerned that the European Union is stifling competition and picking losers andfrittering away taxpayers' money on a grand scale; and therefore calls on the European Union to cease its anti-competitive policies and, if it can find no better use for the money, to return it to the working families of Britain who are taxed enough already.

This motion has been signed by a total of 4 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Halfon03/11/2010HarlowConservativeProposed
John Pugh08/11/2010SouthportLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock09/11/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tessa Munt12/11/2010WellsLiberal DemocratSeconded

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