Media Freedom In China

EDM number 2129 in 2006-07, proposed by Don Foster on 16/10/2007.

That this House notes with concern that the Chinese government has not granted domestic journalists the freedom to travel and report at liberty during the 2008 Olympic Games; further notes that the media liberties granted to foreign journalists are due to expire on 17th October 2008; recognises concerns expressed by foreign journalists that they are still being searched and interrogated by Chinese officials; notes that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee promised when it was bidding for the Games that there would not be any restrictions on media reporting or the movement of journalists before and during the Olympics; and calls on the Government to urge the International Olympic Commission to put pressure on the Chinese government to ensure that both foreign and domestic journalists are granted the complete liberty to report the truth at the Beijing Olympics without fear of intimidation or detention.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Don Foster	16/10/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Michael Moore	16/10/2007	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tom Brake	16/10/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	16/10/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	16/10/2007	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	17/10/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Graham Stringer	17/10/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	17/10/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/10/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	17/10/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/10/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	17/10/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/10/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	17/10/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/10/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	18/10/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	18/10/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/10/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	18/10/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	18/10/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/10/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/10/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/10/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	23/10/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	23/10/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	23/10/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	24/10/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/10/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	24/10/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	24/10/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	25/10/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/10/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	25/10/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	29/10/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	29/10/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	29/10/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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