Press Complaints Commission And The Daily Express (EDM1199)

Press Complaints Commission And The Daily Express

EDM number 1199 in 2005-06, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 05/12/2005.

That this House notes the recent failure of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) to uphold a complaint against the Daily Express over its 'Bombers are all spongeing asylum seekers' headline; believes that the PCC and its Chair, Christopher Meyer, have failed to uphold the highest standards of accuracy in journalism; further believes the PCC is failing to address the concerns of journalists and members of the public about unethical journalism and the threat it poses to social cohesion within communities; and therefore urges the Government to make the PCC a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	05/12/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
Neil Gerrard	05/12/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Seconded
Julie Morgan	05/12/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	05/12/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	05/12/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John McDonnell	05/12/2005	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Ken Purchase	06/12/2005	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	06/12/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/12/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	06/12/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	07/12/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	07/12/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	07/12/2005	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	08/12/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	08/12/2005	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/12/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/12/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	12/12/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/12/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/12/2005	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/12/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/12/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	14/12/2005	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	15/12/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/12/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/12/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/12/2005	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/12/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/01/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/01/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	31/01/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	31/01/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	31/01/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	02/02/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	02/02/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	06/02/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	14/02/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed

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