Competition In The Newspaper Distribution Industry

EDM number 408 in 2001-02, proposed by Brian Cotter on 13/11/2001.

That this House notes with concern the contents of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents' Report, 'Ending anti-competitive practices in the national newspaper industry'; recognises the important role that independent retail newsagents play within our communities; further recognises that high carriage charges relating to newspaper distribution present a substantial threat to the viability of these small businesses; and urges The Office of Fair Trading to investigate whether high charges on carriage are a result of geographical monopolies operating between publishers and wholesalers by examining the agreements made between them under the terms of the Competition Act 1998 and to ensure, at the very least, that transparency applies to all such arrangements by making agreements subject to a fair and open bidding round.

This motion has been signed by a total of 293 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Cotter	13/11/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Richard Page	13/11/2001	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Brian White	13/11/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	14/11/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	14/11/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	14/11/2001	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	14/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	14/11/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	14/11/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	14/11/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	15/11/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/11/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/11/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Lamb	15/11/2001	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Knight	15/11/2001	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/11/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/11/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	15/11/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/11/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	16/11/2001	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	16/11/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/11/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	19/11/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	19/11/2001	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/11/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/11/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/11/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	20/11/2001	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	20/11/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/11/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/11/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/11/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/11/2001	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/11/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Field	21/11/2001	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Green	21/11/2001	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	21/11/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/11/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	21/11/2001	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Drown	21/11/2001	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	21/11/2001	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	21/11/2001	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/11/2001	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	21/11/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Rendel	21/11/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	22/11/2001	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	23/11/2001	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	26/11/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Lembit	26/11/2001	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	27/11/2001	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	27/11/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	29/11/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	29/11/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	29/11/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Chaytor	29/11/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	29/11/2001	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Colin Challen	29/11/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/11/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	30/11/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	30/11/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	05/12/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	05/12/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Perham	06/12/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
David Laws	06/12/2001	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	06/12/2001	Putney	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/12/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	10/12/2001	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	11/12/2001	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	11/12/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	13/12/2001	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/12/2001	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	17/12/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	17/12/2001	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	17/12/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	17/12/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	18/12/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	08/01/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	08/01/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/01/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Simon Hughes	09/01/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	17/01/2002	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Lucas	21/01/2002	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/01/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Lloyd	23/01/2002	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	23/01/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	24/01/2002	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	24/01/2002	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Christine Russell	24/01/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	25/01/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Dennis Skinner	25/01/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	28/01/2002	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Jimmy Wray	29/01/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	29/01/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	30/01/2002	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	31/01/2002	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	31/01/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	04/02/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Helen Jones	04/02/2002	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/02/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	05/02/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/02/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	06/02/2002	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	06/02/2002	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
David Wright	07/02/2002	Telford	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	07/02/2002	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	07/02/2002	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	07/02/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Joyce Quin	07/02/2002	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	08/02/2002	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gavin Strang	11/02/2002	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Mark Francois	11/02/2002	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Richard Shepherd	11/02/2002	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Gillian Shephard	12/02/2002	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	12/02/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	13/02/2002	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	13/02/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	13/02/2002	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	13/02/2002	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/02/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/02/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Hugh Robertson	13/02/2002	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Alan Williams	14/02/2002	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	14/02/2002	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	14/02/2002	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Andrew Bennett	14/02/2002	Denton & Reddish	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	14/02/2002	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	25/02/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	25/02/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	25/02/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	25/02/2002	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
David Amess	25/02/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
John Cryer	25/02/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	25/02/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	25/02/2002	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	25/02/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	25/02/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Hurst	25/02/2002	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	25/02/2002	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Ruane	25/02/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/02/2002	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Peter Duncan	26/02/2002	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
James Clappison	26/02/2002	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
James Plaskitt	27/02/2002	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
David Ruffley	27/02/2002	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Clive Soley	27/02/2002			Signed
Angela Watkinson	27/02/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Andy King	28/02/2002	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	28/02/2002	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Eric Martlew	01/03/2002	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	04/03/2002	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
John Hume	04/03/2002	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nick Palmer	04/03/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	05/03/2002	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	05/03/2002	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	05/03/2002	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Burnside	05/03/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/03/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	06/03/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	07/03/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	07/03/2002	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	07/03/2002	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	07/03/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	11/03/2002	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	11/03/2002	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	12/03/2002	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Tony Cunningham	12/03/2002	Workington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	12/03/2002	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	12/03/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	12/03/2002	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	13/03/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Seamus Mallon	13/03/2002	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	14/03/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Iain Coleman	18/03/2002	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	18/03/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	19/03/2002	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	19/03/2002	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	20/03/2002	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	20/03/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tony Banks	21/03/2002	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	21/03/2002	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	21/03/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	25/03/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	25/03/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	25/03/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dowd	25/03/2002	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Bill Wiggin	25/03/2002	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Andy Burnham	26/03/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Baron	03/04/2002	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Calum MacDonald	03/04/2002	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	03/04/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	10/04/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	10/04/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	10/04/2002	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Eric Joyce	10/04/2002	Falkirk West	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	10/04/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	10/04/2002	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	10/04/2002	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	11/04/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	11/04/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	11/04/2002	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Richard Burden	12/04/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	15/04/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/04/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Weir	15/04/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Frank Cook	17/04/2002	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	18/04/2002	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
David Curry	22/04/2002	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	24/04/2002	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	24/04/2002	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	25/04/2002	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ernie Ross	01/05/2002	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	01/05/2002	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Burstow	01/05/2002	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	01/05/2002	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	08/05/2002	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Llew Smith	08/05/2002	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	09/05/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	09/05/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Bercow	13/05/2002	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	13/05/2002	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	14/05/2002	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	14/05/2002	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
George Young	15/05/2002	North West Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Reid	16/05/2002	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2002	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	21/05/2002	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Chris Grayling	21/05/2002	Epsom & Ewell	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	22/05/2002	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	22/05/2002	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	23/05/2002	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Dominic Grieve	23/05/2002	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	23/05/2002	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Patrick McLoughlin	23/05/2002	West Derbyshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	23/05/2002	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Lansley	23/05/2002	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	24/05/2002	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Michael Howard	10/06/2002	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	11/06/2002	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	12/06/2002	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Julian Brazier	12/06/2002	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	13/06/2002	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	18/06/2002	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	24/06/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	26/06/2002	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Eric Pickles	03/07/2002	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	04/07/2002	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	04/07/2002	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	04/07/2002	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Robert Jackson	09/07/2002	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Mark Prisk	10/07/2002	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	10/07/2002	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Mark Oaten	11/07/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	15/07/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	16/07/2002	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	17/07/2002	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
George Osborne	17/07/2002	Tatton	Conservative	Signed
Ian Gibson	17/07/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	17/07/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Worthington	18/07/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	18/07/2002	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	18/07/2002	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	18/07/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	18/07/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/07/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	22/07/2002	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	22/07/2002	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	22/07/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	23/07/2002	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	23/07/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	23/07/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	23/07/2002	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Ann Clwyd	23/07/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Charles Hendry	24/07/2002	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	24/07/2002	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	24/07/2002	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	24/09/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	24/09/2002	Selby	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	24/09/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	24/09/2002	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	15/10/2002	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	15/10/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/10/2002	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Theresa May	04/11/2002	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
Pete Wishart	05/11/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anne McIntosh	06/11/2002	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Mike O'Brien	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Miliband	Unknown			Withdrawn

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