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EDM number 1437 in 1992-93, proposed by Clive Betts on 19/02/1993.

That this House notes the continued monopoly position of British Telecom as far as domestic telephone services are concerned and therefore believes that OFTEL, as the regulator of this service, should take appropriate action to ensure that British Telecom offers a fair and reasonable contract to its customers; in particular notes that, when a fire at the Woodhouse telephone exchange in Sheffield on Sunday 25th October 1992 caused the suspension of the telephone service for thousands of customers in the Sheffield, Attercliffe and Rother Valley constituencies, British Telecom refused to pay compensation under their contract on the basis that they were not responsible for the incident which led to services being terminated; and believes that this exercise of monopoly power is an abuse by British Telecom which OFTEL should take all appropriate steps to end.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Clive Betts19/02/1993Sheffield, AttercliffeProposed
Lynne Jones19/02/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Jim Marshall19/02/1993Leicester SouthSigned
Bill Olner19/02/1993NuneatonSigned
Ann Coffey19/02/1993StockportSigned
Derek Enright19/02/1993HemsworthSigned
Kevin Barron19/02/1993Rother ValleySigned
Jimmy Boyce19/02/1993RotherhamSigned
Keith Bradley22/02/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Tony Banks22/02/1993Newham North WestSigned
Janet Anderson22/02/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie22/02/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Jim Dowd22/02/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe22/02/1993LeighSigned
John Cummings22/02/1993EasingtonSigned
Michael Connarty22/02/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Eric Clarke22/02/1993MidlothianSigned
Bill Michie22/02/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Meale22/02/1993MansfieldSigned
Ian McCartney22/02/1993MakerfieldSigned
Ken Livingstone22/02/1993Brent EastSigned
Peter Hardy22/02/1993WentworthSigned
Terry Lewis23/02/1993WorsleySigned
Harry Barnes23/02/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Andrew Faulds23/02/1993Warley EastSigned
John Evans23/02/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Tom Cox23/02/1993TootingSigned
Alan Milburn23/02/1993DarlingtonSigned
Eric Illsley23/02/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Joyce Quin23/02/1993Gateshead EastSigned
Peter Pike23/02/1993BurnleySigned
Ronnie Campbell23/02/1993Blyth ValleySigned
John Battle24/02/1993Leeds WestSigned
Helen Jackson25/02/1993Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Eddie Loyden25/02/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Terry Davis25/02/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Tommy Graham25/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Mike Hall25/02/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice01/03/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Martyn Jones03/03/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Roland Boyes03/03/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Allan Rogers04/03/1993RhonddaSigned
Doug Hoyle04/03/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours04/03/1993WorkingtonSigned
John Gunnell04/03/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
George Howarth11/03/1993Knowsley NorthSigned
Jack Thompson16/03/1993WansbeckSigned
Frank Cook23/03/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Jo Richardson26/03/1993BarkingSigned
Greg Pope31/03/1993HyndburnSigned

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