<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>35558</id>
<session>2007-08</session>
<number>1319</number>
<title>Viewing Parliamentary Proceedings Online</title>
<proposer id="11971">Jo Swinson</proposer>
<date>2008-04-02</date>
<text>That this House notes the imperative to maximise turnout at general elections and address the issues behind instances of low turnout, particularly among young people; believes that the public's engagement with politics would be improved by wider viewing of proceedings in Parliament; notes that there is currently a ban on the posting of parliamentary video clips on websites described by the relevant authorities as `third party hosting websites'; believes that video footage of parliamentary proceedings should be made available to the public on video hosting websites such as YouTube; notes that online viewing is increasing in popularity, with a 2006 ICM survey finding that 43 per cent. of people in the UK are watching less television as a result of increased online viewing; and calls for parliamentary authorities to review current broadcasting arrangements so that footage of parliament can be widely viewed by the electorate using the internet.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Broadcasting</topic>
	<topic>Internet and cybercrime</topic>
	<topic>Media</topic>
	<topic>Parliament</topic>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10626">Steve Webb</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Northavon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11641">Lynne Featherstone</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Hornsey &amp; Wood Green</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10292">George Howarth</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley North &amp; Sefton East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11406">Graham Stuart</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Beverley &amp; Holderness</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2008-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10155">Edward Davey</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston &amp; Surbiton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark &amp; Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>2008-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10210">Michael Jabez Foster</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hastings &amp; Rye</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12016">Mark Hunter</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="12834">Jim Devine</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Livingston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13712">Willie Rennie</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dunfermline &amp; Fife West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10198">Mark Fisher</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11589">Mark Durkan</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Foyle</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10785">Alistair Carmichael</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orkney &amp; Shetland</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2008-04-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10754">Annette Brooke</mp>
		<date>2008-04-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset &amp; North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11892">David Simpson</mp>
		<date>2008-04-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upper Bann</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2008-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2008-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>2008-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2008-04-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11480">Jennifer Willott</mp>
		<date>2008-04-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff Central</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11221">Jim Sheridan</mp>
		<date>2008-04-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Paisley &amp; Renfrewshire North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-04-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11402">Alasdair McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-04-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2008-04-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11194">Iris Robinson</mp>
		<date>2008-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strangford</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>2008-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2008-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>2008-05-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11565">Christopher Huhne</mp>
		<date>2008-05-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastleigh</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11783">Susan Kramer</mp>
		<date>2008-05-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11823">Lorely Burt</mp>
		<date>2008-06-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Solihull</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10379">Ian McCartney</mp>
		<date>2008-06-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Makerfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11581">Julia Goldsworthy</mp>
		<date>2008-06-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falmouth &amp; Camborne</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10716">John Barrett</mp>
		<date>2008-11-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>2008-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11784">Paul Rowen</mp>
		<date>2008-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10022">Norman Baker</mp>
		<date>2008-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10439">Michael Moore</mp>
		<date>2008-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Berwickshire, Roxburgh &amp; Selkirk</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10334">Charles Kennedy</mp>
		<date>2008-11-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ross, Skye &amp; Lochaber</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11324">Roger Williams</mp>
		<date>2008-11-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11473">David Howarth</mp>
		<date>2008-11-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10459">Mark Oaten</mp>
		<date>2008-11-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Winchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2008-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2008-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10761">Chris Bryant</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
