BBC World Service (EDM39)

BBC World Service

EDM number 39 in 2001-02, proposed by Derek Wyatt on 27/06/2001.

That this House notes that BBC World Service is cutting direct short wave transmission to USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands from 1st July saving Ãº500,000 per annum; further notes that in America over 230 public radio stations carry BBC World Service programmes and that out of the total 2.6 million listeners only 300,000 listen exclusively on short wave, whilst in Australia short wave listeners have dropped from 1.6 million to 100,000 over the past eight years; commends the BBC World Service for investing Ãº50 million in short wave enhancement in Oman, to the Gulf and South Asia, Cyprus, to the Middle East, and Singapore to East Asia; and applauds its decision to plough back the Ãº500,000 savings into FM expansion around the world where it is now in 121 capital cities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Derek Wyatt	27/06/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Proposed
Ernie Ross	28/06/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/06/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Anne Begg	28/06/2001	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	28/06/2001	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/06/2001	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/06/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	28/06/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	28/06/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	28/06/2001	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	28/06/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	02/07/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	03/07/2001	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	03/07/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	04/07/2001	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Worthington	04/07/2001	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	04/07/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	04/07/2001	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	04/07/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	04/07/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Connarty	04/07/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	04/07/2001	Putney	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	04/07/2001	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/07/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	05/07/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Gisela Stuart	05/07/2001	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	05/07/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	05/07/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	05/07/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	05/07/2001	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	05/07/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/07/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	05/07/2001	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Amess	05/07/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	09/07/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	09/07/2001	Selby	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	10/07/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	10/07/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	11/07/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	12/07/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	17/07/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/07/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	19/07/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	19/07/2001	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kerry Pollard	14/09/2001	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	04/10/2001	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/10/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	18/10/2001	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	27/11/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	30/01/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	Unknown			Withdrawn

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