Public Service Broadcasters And Audio Description (EDM215)

Public Service Broadcasters And Audio Description

EDM number 215 in 2003-04, proposed by Brian White on 04/12/2003.

That this House welcomes the decision by Channel Five to mark the International Day of Disabled Persons on 3rd December by becoming the first UK public service broadcaster to offer audio description services on digital satellite television, alongside Sky's own services; encourages the other public service broadcasters to follow Channel Five's lead in meeting their obligations under the Communications Act 2003 to make their service accessible to blind and partially sighted people; and therefore calls on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to offer their audio described programmes on BskyB in time for Christmas so that the two million people in the UK with a sight problem can enjoy Christmas television programmes along with their sighted friends and family.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian White	04/12/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Proposed
Syd Rapson	08/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	08/12/2003	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Barnes	08/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/12/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/12/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	09/12/2003	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/12/2003	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/12/2003	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	09/12/2003	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	10/12/2003	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harold Best	10/12/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	10/12/2003	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/12/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Greg Pope	10/12/2003	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/12/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	11/12/2003	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	11/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2003	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/12/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Drew	11/12/2003	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/12/2003	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	11/12/2003	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	15/12/2003	Dover	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2003	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2003	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	15/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	05/01/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	30/01/2004	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed

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