Rights Of Photographers

EDM number 371 in 2009-10, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 07/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Leisure, Terrorism and Tourism.

That this House views with concern the rash of incidents of photographers, both amateur and professional, being stopped by over-officious police constables and police community support officers (PCSOs) from taking photographs of St Paul's Cathedral, fish and chip shops in Chatham, the Houses of Parliament, the Millennium Bridge, Christmas lights in Burgess Hill, strategic buildings in Hull and other public places, all under the provisions in anti-terrorist legislation against eliciting information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism; considers that it ill becomes a state which trains more cameras on its people than any other on the globe to harrass its citizens while it uses theirs; commends the view of Lord Carlisle that the police should show common sense; and urges the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Association of Police Officers to inform the police and PCSOs that photography is a right as well as an enjoyable pastime for both tourists and a large section of the population and to educate constables and PCSOs on the rights of photographers in their training so that they can recognise that the joy photography and happy snapping brings to citizens and tourists alike should not be inhibited.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	07/12/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Kate Hoey	07/12/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	07/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Durkan	07/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Iris Robinson	08/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
David Taylor	08/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Andrew Dismore	08/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	08/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
James Gray	08/12/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	08/12/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
David Wilshire	08/12/2009	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	08/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	08/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	08/12/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/12/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	08/12/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	08/12/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	08/12/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	08/12/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	09/12/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	09/12/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	09/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Elliot Morley	09/12/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lembit	10/12/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	14/12/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	14/12/2009	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Martin Linton	14/12/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	15/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	15/12/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Heath	15/12/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	16/12/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/12/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	16/12/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	05/01/2010	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James McGovern	05/01/2010	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	05/01/2010	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	05/01/2010	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/01/2010	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	27/01/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Greg Mulholland	28/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	02/02/2010	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	02/02/2010	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	08/02/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	04/03/2010	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed

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