Photography In Public Areas

EDM number 1155 in 2007-08, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 11/03/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Arts.

That this House is concerned to encourage the spread and enjoyment of photography as the most genuine and accessible people's art; deplores the apparent increase in the number of reported incidents in which the police, police community support officers (PCSOs) or wardens attempt to stop street photography and order the deletion of photographs or the confiscation of cards, cameras or film on various specious ground such as claims that some public buildings are strategic or sensitive, that children and adults can only be photographed with their written permission, that photographs of police and PCSOs are illegal, or that photographs may be used by terrorists; points out that photography in public places and streets is not only enjoyable but perfectly legal; regrets all such efforts to stop, discourage or inhibit amateur photographers taking pictures in public places, many of which are in any case festooned with closed circuit television cameras; and urges the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers to agree on a photography code for the information of officers on the ground, setting out the public's right to photograph public places thus allowing photographers to enjoy their hobby without officious interference or unjustified suspicion.

This motion has been signed by a total of 249 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	11/03/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Peter Luff	11/03/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Seconded
David Wilshire	11/03/2008	Spelthorne	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	11/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	11/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	11/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	11/03/2008	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	12/03/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	12/03/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	12/03/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	12/03/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	12/03/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	12/03/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	12/03/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	12/03/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Lepper	12/03/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/03/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/03/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/03/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	13/03/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	13/03/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	13/03/2008	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/03/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	17/03/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Viggers	17/03/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/03/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	17/03/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	17/03/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Humfrey Malins	17/03/2008	Woking	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	17/03/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	17/03/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Doug Henderson	17/03/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	18/03/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	18/03/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Douglas Carswell	18/03/2008	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	18/03/2008	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	18/03/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Williams	18/03/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/03/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	18/03/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Purchase	18/03/2008	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	18/03/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	18/03/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	18/03/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/03/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Curry	19/03/2008	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	19/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	19/03/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	19/03/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/03/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Sian James	19/03/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	19/03/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	19/03/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	19/03/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	19/03/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	19/03/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	19/03/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	19/03/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	19/03/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	19/03/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/03/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	20/03/2008	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	20/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	20/03/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gavin Strang	20/03/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	20/03/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	20/03/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	20/03/2008	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/03/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Miller	20/03/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	20/03/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	20/03/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
John Mann	20/03/2008	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	25/03/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	25/03/2008	Beverley & Holderness	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	25/03/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	25/03/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	25/03/2008	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	26/03/2008	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Charles Walker	26/03/2008	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lancaster	26/03/2008	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	26/03/2008	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Browne	26/03/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	26/03/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Whittingdale	26/03/2008	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Robert Syms	26/03/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	26/03/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	26/03/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Stewart Hosie	27/03/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joan Walley	27/03/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	27/03/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	27/03/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	27/03/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	27/03/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Spicer	27/03/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	31/03/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	31/03/2008	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	31/03/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	31/03/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	31/03/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	31/03/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	31/03/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anne Moffat	31/03/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	01/04/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	01/04/2008	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	01/04/2008	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	01/04/2008	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	01/04/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	01/04/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Lynda Waltho	02/04/2008	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	02/04/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davies	02/04/2008	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	02/04/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	02/04/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	02/04/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/04/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	03/04/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	03/04/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	03/04/2008	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	03/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	03/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	03/04/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	03/04/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	03/04/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	03/04/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	21/04/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Richard Taylor	21/04/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Desmond Swayne	21/04/2008	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	21/04/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	21/04/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/04/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	21/04/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Greg Clark	21/04/2008	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	21/04/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	21/04/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	21/04/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	21/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	21/04/2008	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	21/04/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	21/04/2008	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Alan Reid	21/04/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	21/04/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Adrian Sanders	21/04/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/04/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Jimmy Hood	21/04/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	21/04/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	21/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Colin Breed	21/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	21/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	21/04/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	21/04/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	22/04/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	22/04/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	22/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	23/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	23/04/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	23/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Paul Burstow	23/04/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	23/04/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	23/04/2008	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	24/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	24/04/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	24/04/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	24/04/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	24/04/2008	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	24/04/2008	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	25/04/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Levitt	28/04/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	28/04/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Richard Benyon	28/04/2008	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hesford	29/04/2008	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	29/04/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	29/04/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Elliot Morley	30/04/2008	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	01/05/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	01/05/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/05/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	01/05/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	06/05/2008	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	06/05/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	06/05/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/05/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Heppell	06/05/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	07/05/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	07/05/2008	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	07/05/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	07/05/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laurence Robertson	08/05/2008	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	09/05/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	12/05/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	13/05/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Grant Shapps	13/05/2008	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Tony Wright	15/05/2008	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	15/05/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	16/05/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	16/05/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	19/05/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	19/05/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	20/05/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	20/05/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	20/05/2008	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	22/05/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	02/06/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	02/06/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	02/06/2008	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	03/06/2008	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	10/06/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	10/06/2008	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	10/06/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	11/06/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	13/06/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/06/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	17/06/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	19/06/2008	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Bob Laxton	24/06/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/06/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	30/06/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	09/07/2008	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
Dominic Grieve	15/07/2008	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	15/07/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	16/07/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Cousins	16/07/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	16/07/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/07/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	21/07/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Doug Naysmith	22/07/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	06/10/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	06/10/2008	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/10/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Willetts	06/10/2008	Havant	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	06/10/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
John Austin	16/10/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	27/10/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	04/11/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugo Swire	06/11/2008	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
John Howell	06/11/2008	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Paul Clark	Unknown			Withdrawn
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Spellar	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kevan Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn

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