Political Journalism In Scotland

EDM number 1924 in 2008-09, proposed by Menzies Campbell on 16/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Press.

That this House notes with concern the threat of cuts to the number of lobby journalists reporting from Westminster for Scottish national newspapers; notes that cutting jobs in this area will have a detrimental effect on the quality and quantity of political reporting on reserved issues such as defence; and urges the proprietors of the Scottish national newspapers to protect the exemplary political reporting of lobby journalists for the Scottish press by avoiding job cuts in this area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Menzies Campbell	16/07/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alistair Carmichael	16/07/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Danny Alexander	16/07/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Malcolm Bruce	16/07/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Jones	20/07/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Stewart Hosie	20/07/2009	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Seconded
John Mason	20/07/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	20/07/2009	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	20/07/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus Robertson	20/07/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lindsay Roy	21/07/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	21/07/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	21/07/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	21/07/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	21/07/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	21/07/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Cairns	21/07/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	21/07/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	13/10/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	15/10/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/10/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	21/10/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	03/11/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed

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