12482 1995-96 793 Ann Clwyd 1996-04-25 That this House deplores the action alleging public slander brought in the French criminal court of St. Malo by David and Frederick Barclay, owners of the Ritz, the Scotsman and, with others, the National Enquirer magazine, against the Director-General of the BBC and John Sweeney of the Observer; further deplores the use of French privacy legislation against the Observer to restrict freedom of speech in the United Kingdom; and calls on the Barclay twins to withdraw their actions in the French courts. Ann Clwyd 1996-04-25 Proposed Cynon Valley Chris Mullin 1996-04-25 Signed Sunderland South Ken Livingstone 1996-04-29 Signed Brent East John Gunnell 1996-04-30 Signed Leeds South and Morley Andrew Faulds 1996-04-30 Signed Warley East John Evans 1996-04-30 Signed St Helens North Kenneth Eastham 1996-04-30 Signed Manchester, Blackley Michael Connarty 1996-04-30 Signed Falkirk East Alice Mahon 1996-04-30 Signed Halifax Eddie Loyden 1996-04-30 Signed Liverpool, Garston Terry Rooney 1996-04-30 Signed Bradford North Peter Bottomley 1996-05-01 Signed Eltham Tommy Graham 1996-05-01 Signed Renfrew West and Inverclyde Norman Godman 1996-05-01 Signed Greenock and Port Glasgow Dennis Skinner 1996-05-01 Signed Bolsover Mike Hall 1996-05-08 Signed Warrington South John McWilliam 1996-05-09 Signed Blaydon