BBC World Service And Thailand (EDM1364)

BBC World Service And Thailand

EDM number 1364 in 2005-06, proposed by John Grogan on 12/01/2006.

That this House expresses concern at the closure of the BBC Thai Service on 13th January 2006; notes the widespread unease regarding the ending of the service which first broadcast in 1941 and which has resulted in a petition from Thailand to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; further notes that all recent reputable surveys such as `Reporters Without Frontiers' have downgraded Thailand in the press freedom league thus underlining the importance of the BBC Thailand Service; is encouraged by the recent doubling of the audience for the service; further notes the admission by the BBC World Service that the decision to close the station, which operated on an annual budget of Â£800,000, was the most difficult of its recent decisions concerning closures; and calls upon the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the BBC World Service to review the decision and also requests the Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation of Members of Parliament visiting Thailand in February 2006 to investigate the issue.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Grogan	12/01/2006	Selby	Labour	Proposed
Austin Mitchell	12/01/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	12/01/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	16/01/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	16/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	16/01/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	16/01/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	16/01/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	16/01/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/01/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	16/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/01/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	17/01/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/01/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	17/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/01/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	17/01/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	18/01/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/01/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/01/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/01/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	18/01/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	18/01/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Richard Shepherd	18/01/2006	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	18/01/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
David Drew	19/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	19/01/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	19/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	19/01/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/01/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	19/01/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	19/01/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	19/01/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	20/01/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	20/01/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	20/01/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	24/01/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	24/01/2006	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	24/01/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	24/01/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	25/01/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Janet Dean	26/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/01/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Humfrey Malins	30/01/2006	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Margaret Moran	16/02/2006	Luton South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/02/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Robert Goodwill	16/02/2006	Scarborough and Whitby	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	16/02/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	27/02/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/02/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	27/02/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Gavin Strang	28/02/2006	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Salter	01/03/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	01/03/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/03/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Joan Humble	08/03/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	15/03/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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