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<id>28271</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>83</number>
<title>Cuts At The BBC</title>
<proposer id="10436">Austin Mitchell</proposer>
<date>2005-05-17</date>
<text>That this House condemns the proposed cuts at the BBC which will lead to 19 per cent. of staff being sacked or outsourced; is concerned that such cuts will result in 80 per cent. of the staff having to produce 100 per cent. of the output; believes such proposals will result in a deterioration of quality; further condemns the fact that hundreds of journalists, news-gatherers, researchers, production staff and programme-makers will be sacked whilst not one single member of TV News management will lose their job; believes such a proposal will deliver less value for licence fee payers and put at risk the BBC's continuing right to the licence fee; and therefore calls on BBC management to reconsider its proposals and negotiate with staff representatives to ensure changes do not damage programmes or quality.</text>
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		<mp id="10436">Austin Mitchell</mp>
		<date>2005-05-17</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Great Grimsby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2005-05-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Hayes and Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2005-05-17</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10308">Glenda Jackson</mp>
		<date>2005-05-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Hampstead and Highgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2005-05-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Finchley and Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2005-05-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11189">Angus Robertson</mp>
		<date>2005-05-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Moray</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-05-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10525">Alex Salmond</mp>
		<date>2005-05-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banff and Buchan</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2005-05-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10614">Keith Vaz</mp>
		<date>2005-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leicester East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2005-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10282">Kate Hoey</mp>
		<date>2005-05-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vauxhall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10526">Martin Salter</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10944">Dai Havard</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West and Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11804">Robert Goodwill</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough and Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2005-05-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10442">Julie Morgan</mp>
		<date>2005-05-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2005-05-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North and Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2005-05-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2005-05-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2005-05-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10256">Fabian Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10650">Mike Wood</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Batley and Spen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10484">Stephen Pound</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10137">Jim Cousins</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11963">Katy Clark</mp>
		<date>2005-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Ayrshire and Arran</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11607">Linda Riordan</mp>
		<date>2005-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11974">Jim McGovern</mp>
		<date>2005-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2005-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2005-07-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton and Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2005-07-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith and Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11374">Sammy Wilson</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11333">Pete Wishart</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth and North Perthshire</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11973">Stewart Hosie</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12004">Angus MacNeil</mp>
		<date>2005-10-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Na h-Eileanan an Iar</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2005-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2005-10-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
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