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Gaelic Language Television

EDM number 196 in 1989-90, proposed by Margaret Ewing on 13/12/1989.

That this House calls upon Her Majesty's Government to recognise the contribution of Gaelic language television in fostering, and extending knowledge of, Gaelic culture throughout Scotland, to acknowledge the progress made in recent years by such bodies as Comunn na Gaidhlig and to provide for the proper funding of Gaelic television programming in the Broadcasting Bill, currently before the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Margaret Ewing13/12/1989MorayProposed
Rhodri Morgan13/12/1989Cardiff WestSigned
Hector Monro13/12/1989DumfriesSigned
Roland Boyes13/12/1989Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Malcolm Bruce13/12/1989GordonSigned
Alick Buchanan-Smith13/12/1989Kincardine and DeesideSigned
Menzies Campbell13/12/1989Fife North EastSigned
Harry Cohen13/12/1989LeytonSigned
Dick Douglas13/12/1989Dunfermline WestSigned
Andrew Faulds13/12/1989Warley EastSigned
Ronnie Fearn13/12/1989SouthportSigned
George Galloway13/12/1989Glasgow HillheadSigned
Norman Godman13/12/1989Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Alan Beith13/12/1989Berwick-upon-TweedSigned
Vivian Bendall13/12/1989Ilford NorthSigned
Dafydd Elis Thomas13/12/1989Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Andrew Welsh13/12/1989Angus EastSigned
Simon Hughes13/12/1989Southwark and BermondseySigned
Allan Rogers13/12/1989RhonddaSigned
Alex Salmond13/12/1989Banff & BuchanSigned
Clare Short13/12/1989Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Jim Sillars13/12/1989Glasgow, GovanSigned
Nicholas Soames13/12/1989CrawleySigned
Alan Haselhurst13/12/1989Saffron WaldenSigned
Norman Hogg13/12/1989Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Ray Michie13/12/1989Argyll & ButeSigned
Martyn Jones13/12/1989Clwyd South WestSigned
David Knox13/12/1989Staffordshire MoorlandsSigned
David Lambie13/12/1989Cunninghame SouthSigned
Calum MacDonald13/12/1989Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
David Madel13/12/1989South West BedfordshireSigned
John Maxton13/12/1989Glasgow, CathcartSigned
John McAllion13/12/1989Dundee EastSigned
Eddie McGrady13/12/1989South DownSigned
John Battle14/12/1989Leeds WestSigned
Win Griffiths14/12/1989BridgendSigned
William McKelvey14/12/1989Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Chris Smith14/12/1989Islington South & FinsburySigned
Russell Johnston14/12/1989Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Peter Pike14/12/1989BurnleySigned
Ernie Ross14/12/1989Dundee WestSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones15/12/1989Ynys MSigned
Harry Ewing15/12/1989Falkirk EastSigned
Dafydd Wigley15/12/1989CaernarfonSigned
Paul Flynn18/12/1989Newport WestSigned
Richard Body18/12/1989Holland with BostonSigned
Henry Bellingham18/12/1989North West NorfolkSigned
Tony Banks18/12/1989Newham North WestSigned
David Alton18/12/1989Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
John Fraser18/12/1989NorwoodSigned
Ron Davies18/12/1989CaerphillySigned
Frank Cook18/12/1989Stockton NorthSigned
Alex Carlile18/12/1989MontgomerySigned
Robert Hughes18/12/1989Aberdeen NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe19/12/1989Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
John Evans19/12/1989St Helens NorthSigned
John Cummings19/12/1989EasingtonSigned
Ian McCartney19/12/1989MakerfieldSigned
Alice Mahon19/12/1989HalifaxSigned
Tom Cox19/12/1989TootingSigned
Eddie Loyden20/12/1989Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ronald Brown20/12/1989Edinburgh LeithSigned
Richard Caborn20/12/1989Sheffield CentralSigned
Frank Doran20/12/1989Aberdeen SouthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie20/12/1989Glasgow, PollokSigned
Mark Fisher20/12/1989Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Tommy Graham21/12/1989Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Jerry Hayes08/01/1990HarlowSigned
Tony Benn08/01/1990ChesterfieldSigned
Hilary Armstrong08/01/1990North West DurhamSigned
Mildred Gordon08/01/1990Bow and PoplarSigned
George Foulkes08/01/1990Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
Nicholas Fairbairn08/01/1990Perth and KinrossSigned
Seamus Mallon08/01/1990Newry & ArmaghSigned
Keith Bradley11/01/1990Manchester, WithingtonSigned
John McWilliam23/01/1990BlaydonSigned
Audrey Wise23/01/1990PrestonSigned

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