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EDM number 475 in 1995-96, proposed by Ken Livingstone on 21/02/1996.

That this House notes that the introduction of a new code of practice for the national newspaper industry in October 1994 has led to a diminished service to readers and a threat to the diversity and democracy of the Press, because the thousands of new outlets created, such as petrol stations and supermarkets, can only carry a limited range of high circulation papers and therefore traditional newsagent outlets, unable to compete, are closing down; further notes that this situation is exacerbated by the fact that, following exclusive contracts issued by publishers, whole areas are serviced by only one wholesaler, and that wholesale depots have decreased in number by over half in 12 months with a consequent loss of service and choice to customers and an increased trend to monopolisation which will threaten all but the largest publications; and therefore believes this matter should be urgently referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission before the damage to press freedom is irreversible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ken Livingstone21/02/1996Brent EastProposed
Robert Parry22/02/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Peter Bottomley22/02/1996ElthamSigned
Harry Barnes22/02/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Tony Banks22/02/1996Newham North WestSigned
Norman Godman22/02/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Andrew Faulds22/02/1996Warley EastSigned
Roseanna Cunningham22/02/1996Perth and KinrossSigned
John Cummings22/02/1996EasingtonSigned
Richard Burden22/02/1996Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Bill Michie22/02/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alice Mahon22/02/1996HalifaxSigned
Eddie Loyden22/02/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Lynne Jones22/02/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Keith Hill22/02/1996StreathamSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/02/1996Islington NorthSigned
Terry Rooney27/02/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Eric Illsley27/02/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Dafydd Wigley27/02/1996CaernarfonSigned
Edward O'Hara28/02/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Mike Hall28/02/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Audrey Wise29/02/1996PrestonSigned
Harry Cohen29/02/1996LeytonSigned
Denis MacShane01/03/1996RotherhamSigned
Neil Gerrard01/03/1996WalthamstowSigned
Kevin Hughes04/03/1996Doncaster NorthSigned
Martin O'Neill06/03/1996ClackmannanSigned
Jack Thompson06/03/1996WansbeckSigned
Bill Etherington07/03/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe07/03/1996Bradford SouthSigned
Alan Simpson14/03/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Tony Lloyd18/03/1996StretfordSigned
Tommy Graham19/03/1996Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Nick Harvey21/03/1996North DevonSigned
Win Griffiths21/03/1996BridgendSigned
John Gunnell27/03/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Ann Coffey28/03/1996StockportSigned
Eric Martlew29/03/1996CarlisleSigned
David Chidgey01/04/1996EastleighSigned
Maria Fyfe17/04/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Peter Hardy18/04/1996WentworthSigned
Bill O'Brien18/04/1996NormantonSigned
Alf Morris19/04/1996Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Jamie Cann22/04/1996IpswichSigned
Anne Campbell24/04/1996CambridgeSigned
Diane Abbott25/04/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Dennis Skinner07/05/1996BolsoverSigned
Ann Clwyd10/05/1996Cynon ValleySigned
James Callaghan13/05/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Peter Hain15/05/1996NeathSigned
Don Touhig15/05/1996IslwynSigned
Tony Benn16/05/1996ChesterfieldSigned
John Home Robertson16/05/1996East LothianSigned
Rachel Squire04/06/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
John Heppell04/06/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Chris Mullin04/06/1996Sunderland SouthSigned
Hugh Bayley04/06/1996York, City ofSigned
Mildred Gordon05/06/1996Bow and PoplarSigned
Roger Berry05/06/1996KingswoodSigned
Ian McCartney06/06/1996MakerfieldSigned
Joan Walley06/06/1996Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Teresa Gorman06/06/1996BillericaySigned
Simon Hughes06/06/1996Southwark and BermondseySigned
Keith Bradley18/06/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Peter Pike24/06/1996BurnleySigned
Janet Anderson02/07/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Mike Watson08/07/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
George Galloway10/07/1996Glasgow HillheadSigned
Jim Wallace15/07/1996Orkney & ShetlandSigned

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