Canon Eric James And BBC Censorship

EDM number 1405 in 1989-90, proposed by Norman Hogg on 16/10/1990.

That this House profoundly regrets the action of the Reverend Ernest Rae, Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC, in censoring the Thought For The Day broadcast which was to have been presented by Canon Eric James on Monday 1st October, dealing with the life of the radical priest John Groser and the spiritual value of revolt; believes that this act of censorship reflects no credit on the BBC and smacks of acquiescence in the face of political bullying; and calls on the Director General of the BBC to dissociate himself from the actions of Mr Rae and to give an assurance the BBC will in future seek to uphold the principle of free speech in both religious and political issues.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.