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BBC Tv Licence Advertising Campaign

EDM number 1013 in 1999-00, proposed by Eric Illsley on 24/07/2000.

That this House condemns the crass and unfair advertising campaign currently being pursued in Barnsley and elsewhere by Envision Licensing on behalf of the BBC and the Television Licensing Authority which seeks to highlight particular streets in which there are residents who have not obtained a television licence, thereby embarrassing and distressing residents who have obtained a television licence and who have done nothing to deserve this unwarranted attention and embarrassment; questions the motives behind this campaign which is targeted at economically deprived and working class areas; questions the statistical analysis on which it is based; calls into the question the authority by which it was undertaken considering the lessening of the reputation of the BBC in those areas where the campaign has been pursued; and calls on the Head of the BBC, Greg Dyke, Envision Licensing and the Television Licensing Authority to withdraw this advertising campaign immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Eric Illsley24/07/2000Barnsley CentralLabourProposed
Michael Clapham24/07/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis24/07/2000Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/07/2000Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Frank Cook25/07/2000Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes25/07/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Alan Simpson26/07/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Marshall26/07/2000Glasgow, ShettlestonLabourSigned
Bill Michie26/07/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Russell Brown26/07/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/07/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Iain Coleman27/07/2000Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn27/07/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara28/07/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner23/10/2000BolsoverLabourSigned
Vincent Cable23/10/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer23/10/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington23/10/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Ian Gibson24/10/2000Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe30/10/2000LeighLabourSigned
Harold Best08/11/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
George Mudie15/11/2000Leeds EastLabourSigned

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