Local Newspaper Week

EDM number 1140 in 2002-03, proposed by Bob Russell on 06/05/2003.

That this House recognises the important role which local newspapers play in the life of their communities; congratulates The Newspaper Society for launching 'Local Newspaper Week'; notes that the regional press is read by 40 million people every week; acknowledges that local newspapers are more trusted than national newspapers; and calls on those who own and work on the 1,300 daily and weekly newspaper titles to promote high journalistic standards of accuracy, fairness, honesty and objectivity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.