Regional Accents (EDM1286)

Regional Accents

EDM number 1286 in 2005-06, proposed by Fraser Kemp on 19/12/2005.

That this House notes that telephone calls received by the computerised voice recognition system used by the TV Licensing Authority for address transfers are often terminated or transferred to human operators for completion because the software cannot understand regional and national accents and dialects; further notes that the software specifically does not understand the accent used widely in the North East of England; further notes that the vast majority of people in the United Kingdom have accents which are not received pronunciation English; is proud of the diverse regional and national accents used within the United Kingdom; and calls upon the Government to ensure that all publicly-funded voice recognition systems are able to be used by people with regional and national accents and dialects generally spoken in the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Fraser Kemp	19/12/2005	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	19/12/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	20/12/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	20/12/2005	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	20/12/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	20/12/2005	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Iris Robinson	20/12/2005	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Betty Williams	09/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	09/01/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	09/01/2006	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	09/01/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	10/01/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	10/01/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	10/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	10/01/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/01/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Drew	10/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/01/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	10/01/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/01/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	10/01/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gordon Prentice	10/01/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	11/01/2006	Warley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	11/01/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	11/01/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
John Hemming	12/01/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	12/01/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	12/01/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/01/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	16/01/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Farrelly	16/01/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	16/01/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	17/01/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/01/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	18/01/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/01/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	20/01/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	25/01/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	26/01/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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