Improving Access For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing People To Cable And Satellite Tv
EDM number 492 in 2000-01, proposed by Roger Berry on 27/03/2001.
That this House notes that one million people rely on subtitles and that five million use them frequently; further notes with concern that current subtitling regulations exempt cable and satellite television broadcasters from statutory subtitling requirements, creating the paradox of more choice of channels but shrinking access for subtitle users; understands that this exemption allows channels, such as Sky News, to be broadcast without subtitles; further notes the very low cost of television subtitling, which is available at ú400 per hour of programming; welcomes the recent announcement of Her Majesty's Government's intention to correct this unfair anomaly by including statutory requirements for access to television services for deaf and hard-of-hearing people within the first tier of OFCOM regulation, applicable to all broadcasters; further welcomes BSkyB's recent pledge to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that it aims to subtitle 80 per cent. of Sky News 'in about a year or so', in line with new subtitling targets for Digital Terrestrial Television; calls on Her Majesty's Government to incorporate in a Communications Bill the recommendations of its review of statutory subtitling, signing and audio-description requirements; and further calls on Her Majesty's Government to redouble its efforts to encourage all cable and satellite broadcasters to adopt good practice in advance of future legislation.
This motion has been signed by a total of 87 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Roger Berry | 27/03/2001 | Kingswood | Labour | Proposed |
| Bob Russell | 28/03/2001 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 28/03/2001 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 28/03/2001 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 28/03/2001 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 28/03/2001 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 28/03/2001 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 28/03/2001 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 28/03/2001 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 28/03/2001 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ronnie Fearn | 28/03/2001 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 28/03/2001 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 28/03/2001 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 28/03/2001 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 28/03/2001 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 28/03/2001 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Martin Smyth | 28/03/2001 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 28/03/2001 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 29/03/2001 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 29/03/2001 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Thomas | 29/03/2001 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| David Taylor | 29/03/2001 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| George Galloway | 29/03/2001 | Glasgow, Kelvin | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 29/03/2001 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 29/03/2001 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Marsden | 29/03/2001 | Shrewsbury & Atcham | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 29/03/2001 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 29/03/2001 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 29/03/2001 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 30/03/2001 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 02/04/2001 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 02/04/2001 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 02/04/2001 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 02/04/2001 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 02/04/2001 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 02/04/2001 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 02/04/2001 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 02/04/2001 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 02/04/2001 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 03/04/2001 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 03/04/2001 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Tonge | 03/04/2001 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Brian White | 03/04/2001 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 03/04/2001 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Brian Cotter | 03/04/2001 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Edward Davey | 03/04/2001 | Kingston & Surbiton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Judith Church | 03/04/2001 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 03/04/2001 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 03/04/2001 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 03/04/2001 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 03/04/2001 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 04/04/2001 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Tynan | 04/04/2001 | Hamilton South | Labour | Signed |
| Harold Best | 04/04/2001 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Ewing | 04/04/2001 | Moray | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 04/04/2001 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 04/04/2001 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 04/04/2001 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 04/04/2001 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 04/04/2001 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| John Robertson | 04/04/2001 | Glasgow, Anniesland | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 04/04/2001 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 05/04/2001 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 05/04/2001 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 05/04/2001 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 05/04/2001 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Brand | 05/04/2001 | Isle of Wight | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jackie Lawrence | 06/04/2001 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| John Grogan | 06/04/2001 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 06/04/2001 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 09/04/2001 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Lewis | 10/04/2001 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 10/04/2001 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 10/04/2001 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Keetch | 23/04/2001 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 23/04/2001 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 23/04/2001 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 23/04/2001 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 23/04/2001 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 24/04/2001 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 25/04/2001 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 26/04/2001 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 26/04/2001 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 26/04/2001 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 02/05/2001 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 03/05/2001 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 10/05/2001 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
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