12935
1995-96
680
Honourable Member For Colne Valley And The Sunday Times
John Townend
1996-03-27
That this House congratulates the honourable Member for Colne Valley on his success with his complaint to the Press Complaints Commission against the Sunday Times; notes that the Press Complaints Commission found that there was no justification for the Sunday Times use of subterfuge, that the newspaper should have made clear to its readers that its approach to the honourable Member for Colne Valley had been on the basis of an entirely legitimate consultancy, not on the basis of a one-off payment in return for asking a question, that the approach to Conservative honourable Members was entirely different to the approach made to Labour honourable Members, and that the Sunday Times failed to tell its readers the truth about the honourable Member for Colne Valley's return of a cheque and the issue of who raised the subject of payments first; is amazed that the response of the editor of the Sunday Times, Mr John Witherow, a member of the Press Complaints Commission, was to say that his newspaper had only been criticised on a couple of minor points; believes that if self-regulation is to mean anything editors should accept the adjudications of the Press Complaints Commission; and questions whether Mr Rupert Murdoch is as dismissive of the Press Complaints Commission as his editor.
John Townend
1996-03-27
Proposed
Bridlington
Christopher Gill
1996-03-27
Signed
Ludlow
James Pawsey
1996-03-27
Signed
Rugby & Kenilworth
Teresa Gorman
1996-03-27
Signed
Billericay
Harry Greenway
1996-03-27
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Ealing North
Jonathan Aitken
1996-03-27
Signed
South Thanet
Rupert Allason
1996-03-27
Signed
Torbay
Michael Grylls
1996-03-27
Signed
Surrey North West
Jacques Arnold
1996-03-27
Signed
Gravesham
David Ashby
1996-03-27
Signed
North West Leicestershire
David Atkinson
1996-03-27
Signed
Bournemouth East
Roy Beggs
1996-03-27
Signed
East Antrim
Vivian Bendall
1996-03-27
Signed
Ilford North
Walter Sweeney
1996-03-27
Signed
Vale of Glamorgan
Peter Temple-Morris
1996-03-27
Signed
Leominster
Roy Thomason
1996-03-27
Signed
Bromsgrove
Neville Trotter
1996-03-27
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Tynemouth
Bill Walker
1996-03-27
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North Tayside
David Wilshire
1996-03-27
Signed
Spelthorne
Ann Winterton
1996-03-27
Signed
Congleton
Nicholas Winterton
1996-03-27
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Macclesfield
Bob Dunn
1996-03-27
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Dartford
Martin Smyth
1996-03-27
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Belfast South
Robert Hughes
1996-03-27
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Harrow West
Edward Leigh
1996-03-27
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Gainsborough and Horncastle
Keith Mans
1996-03-27
Signed
Wyre
Paul Marland
1996-03-27
Signed
Gloucestershire West
John Marshall
1996-03-27
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Hendon South
David Martin
1996-03-27
Signed
Portsmouth South
Michael Neubert
1996-03-27
Signed
Romford
Patrick Nicholls
1996-03-27
Signed
Teignbridge
Julian Brazier
1996-03-27
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Canterbury
David Nicholson
1996-03-27
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Taunton
Michael Fabricant
1996-03-27
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Staffordshire Mid
Den Dover
1996-03-27
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Chorley
Timothy Devlin
1996-03-27
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Stockton South
Michael Carttiss
1996-03-27
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Great Yarmouth
Matthew Carrington
1996-03-27
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Fulham
Nicholas Budgen
1996-03-27
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Wolverhampton South West
Ian Bruce
1996-03-27
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South Dorset
Stephen Day
1996-03-28
Signed
Cheadle
Hugh Dykes
1996-03-28
Signed
Harrow East
Peggy Fenner
1996-03-28
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Medway
Nigel Forman
1996-03-28
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Carshalton & Wallington
Peter Fry
1996-03-28
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Wellingborough
Phil Gallie
1996-03-28
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Ayr
Richard Alexander
1996-03-28
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Newark
Michael Alison
1996-03-28
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Selby
Neil Hamilton
1996-03-28
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Tatton
John Hannam
1996-03-28
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Exeter
Spencer Batiste
1996-03-28
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Elmet
John D Taylor
1996-03-28
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Strangford
Patrick Thompson
1996-03-28
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Norwich North
Richard Tracey
1996-03-28
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Surbiton
Ian Twinn
1996-03-28
Signed
Edmonton
Jerry Wiggin
1996-03-28
Signed
Weston-Super-Mare
John Wilkinson
1996-03-28
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Ruislip - Northwood
Geoffrey Pattie
1996-03-28
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Chertsey and Walton
Michael Brown
1996-03-28
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Brigg and Cleethorpes
William Powell
1996-03-28
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Corby
Andrew Rowe
1996-03-28
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Kent Mid
Michael Shersby
1996-03-28
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Uxbridge
Roger Sims
1996-03-28
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Chislehurst
Trevor Skeet
1996-03-28
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Bedfordshire North
Warren Hawksley
1996-03-28
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Halesowen and Stourbridge
Peter Hordern
1996-03-28
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Horsham
Ralph Howell
1996-03-28
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North Norfolk
Andrew Hunter
1996-03-28
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Basingstoke
Toby Jessel
1996-03-28
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Twickenham
Barry Legg
1996-03-28
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Milton Keynes South West
Peter Lloyd
1996-03-28
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Fareham
David Madel
1996-03-28
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South West Bedfordshire
Roger Moate
1996-03-28
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Faversham
Hector Monro
1996-03-28
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Dumfries
Rhodes Boyson
1996-03-28
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Brent North
John Butcher
1996-03-28
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Coventry South West
Michael Stern
1996-03-29
Signed
Bristol North West
Norman Lamont
1996-04-01
Signed
Kingston upon Thames
David Shaw
1996-04-02
Signed
Dover
Nicholas Baker
1996-04-03
Signed
North Dorset
Roland Boyes
1996-04-16
Signed
Houghton and Washington