Contribution Of Regional And Local Newspapers

EDM number 425 in 2009-10, proposed by Paul Burstow on 09/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Press.

That this House believes that local and regional newspapers have a long track record of serving and being at the heart of their communities; notes that local media are widely acknowledged as the most trusted of all media; further believes that the independence of local media is vitally important to proper scrutiny and accountability; is concerned that local authority subsidy of news can create unfair competition, making local commercial media unviable and pose a threat to free speech; is further concerned that 100 local newspapers across the UK closed in 2009; further believes that the requirement to place statutory notices with publications independent of the placing authority should be preserved; and calls on the Competition Commission and Audit Commission to review the impact of the growth of local authority funded newspapers on the local media market and free speech.

This motion has been signed by a total of 100 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Burstow	09/12/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Taylor	10/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
John Hemming	10/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	10/12/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	10/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Pelling	10/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Seconded
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	10/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	10/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	10/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	14/12/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	14/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	14/12/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	15/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	15/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	15/12/2009			Signed
Stephen Williams	15/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	15/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	15/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	15/12/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	15/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Greg Knight	15/12/2009	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	16/12/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	16/12/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	16/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	16/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	05/01/2010	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	05/01/2010	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	05/01/2010	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	06/01/2010	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/01/2010	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	07/01/2010	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	11/01/2010	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Howard Stoate	11/01/2010	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	11/01/2010	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	11/01/2010	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	12/01/2010	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	12/01/2010	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	12/01/2010	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	12/01/2010	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/01/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	13/01/2010	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/01/2010	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	14/01/2010	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	14/01/2010	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	14/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	18/01/2010	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	18/01/2010	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	18/01/2010	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	19/01/2010	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	20/01/2010	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	20/01/2010	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	20/01/2010	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	21/01/2010	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	21/01/2010	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	21/01/2010	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	21/01/2010	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	25/01/2010	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
John Stanley	25/01/2010	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
David Mundell	26/01/2010	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	26/01/2010	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	27/01/2010	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Crausby	01/02/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	04/02/2010	Glasgow South	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	08/02/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	08/02/2010	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Greg Clark	09/02/2010	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Derek Twigg	09/02/2010	Halton	Labour	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	09/02/2010	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Sheridan	09/02/2010	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	09/02/2010	Glasgow North West	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	10/02/2010	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Brooks Newmark	10/02/2010	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Douglas Carswell	22/02/2010	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	22/02/2010	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/02/2010	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	22/02/2010	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	23/02/2010	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/03/2010	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	17/03/2010	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	06/04/2010	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Bob Neill	06/04/2010	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed

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