Television Licensing Authority (EDM870)

Television Licensing Authority

EDM number 870 in 2003-04, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 22/03/2004.

That this House notes that one out of every fifty United Kingdom households chooses not to own a television set; further notes that TV licensing officers may only enter a person's home with their consent or under a warrant issued by a justice of the peace or a sheriff in Scotland and that such a warrant may only be issued if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting an offence relating to the use of a television; regrets that many households which do not own a television feel harassed and intimidated by the behaviour of the TV Licensing Authority; and calls on the TV Licensing Authority to respect the right of individuals not to own a television without being subjected to repeated harassment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alistair Carmichael	22/03/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Robert Smith	23/03/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Marsden	23/03/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	23/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	23/03/2004	Congleton	Independent Conservative	Signed
David Drew	24/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Annette Brooke	24/03/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	24/03/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jane Griffiths	24/03/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	24/03/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	24/03/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	24/03/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	24/03/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Thurso	24/03/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	24/03/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	24/03/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sydney Chapman	24/03/2004	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Colin Breed	24/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Lamb	24/03/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	24/03/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	24/03/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Alan Reid	24/03/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Redwood	24/03/2004	Wokingham	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	24/03/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	25/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/03/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	25/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	25/03/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/03/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	25/03/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	25/03/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/03/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	26/03/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	26/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	29/03/2004	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	29/03/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	29/03/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	29/03/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	29/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	30/03/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	30/03/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Edward Davey	30/03/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Albert Owen	30/03/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	31/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	31/03/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	31/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	01/04/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/04/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	01/04/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	01/04/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Green	19/04/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	19/04/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	20/04/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	04/05/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lembit	21/06/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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