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EDM number 304 in 2016-17, proposed by Helen Goodman on 11/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting, Industrial relations, Media and Parliament.

That this House congratulates all those who are employed in producing content for the BBC Parliament Channel for doubling its viewing figures over recent years; appreciates the hard work that goes into providing live and recorded coverage of the parliaments and assemblies across the UK and the European Parliament, together with the production of a range of original programmes and curation of the BBC archive exploring parliament and politics; regrets that the commitment of the BBC journalists who have worked hard to achieve this success is not being properly recognised by BBC management; notes that staff with comparable editorial responsibilities on BBC News Channel or BBC World are categorised as Broadcast Journalists on Grade 7 of the staffing structure, whilst their equivalents working on BBC Parliament are counted as Broadcast Assistants on Grade 5; believes that staff at BBC Parliament deserve equal status and recognition as their counterparts producing equivalent output; and calls on BBC management to value the commitment of its staff by recognising their skills and re-grading them accordingly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Helen Goodman11/07/2016Bishop AucklandLabourProposed
Graham Jones11/07/2016HyndburnLabourSeconded
Marie Rimmer11/07/2016St Helens South and WhistonLabourSeconded
Ann Clwyd11/07/2016Cynon ValleyLabourSeconded
Jim Cunningham11/07/2016Coventry SouthLabourSeconded
Roger Godsiff11/07/2016Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley11/07/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alison Thewliss12/07/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Zac Goldsmith12/07/2016Richmond ParkConservativeSigned
Alan Meale12/07/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Liz Saville Roberts12/07/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Chris Stephens12/07/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams13/07/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell13/07/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Valerie Vaz13/07/2016Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Mary Glindon13/07/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Jim Shannon13/07/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Natalie McGarry14/07/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Ian Blackford14/07/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil18/07/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law18/07/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows18/07/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Helen Hayes18/07/2016Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
Margaret Ferrier19/07/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald19/07/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley19/07/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Tommy Sheppard20/07/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan20/07/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell20/07/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Doughty20/07/2016Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden20/07/2016Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Anne McLaughlin20/07/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Nicholas Dakin21/07/2016ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Andy Slaughter21/07/2016HammersmithLabourSigned
Alan Brown21/07/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson21/07/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh05/09/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Stuart McDonald05/09/2016Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastScottish National PartySigned
Peter Grant05/09/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySigned
Wes Streeting05/09/2016Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland05/09/2016Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Joanna Cherry05/09/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Catherine McKinnell05/09/2016Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Lady Hermon05/09/2016North DownIndependentSigned
John Nicolson06/09/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Chuka Umunna12/09/2016StreathamLabourSigned

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