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<id>32699</id>
<session>2006-07</session>
<number>979</number>
<title>Ribble Valley Radio</title>
<proposer id="10190">Nigel Evans</proposer>
<date>2007-02-26</date>
<text>That this House praises the community radio station Ribble Valley Radio, which broadcasts at www.ribblevalleyradio.org.uk and was established in 2004; notes the report by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on Community Radio; believes that Ribble Valley Radio provides a vital service to the local community and hopes that future attempts to secure a broadcasting licence will be successful; and further believes that Community Radio is a vital community asset and that the Government should do more to provide resources and support to ensure that community radio stations, such as Ribble Valley Radio, continue to go from strength to strength.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2007-02-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2007-02-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2007-02-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2007-02-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2007-02-27</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2007-02-28</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-02-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2007-02-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes and Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10483">Greg Pope</mp>
		<date>2007-03-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hyndburn</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11374">Sammy Wilson</mp>
		<date>2007-03-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
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