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Newspaper And Magazine Distribution (No. 2)

EDM number 2488 in 2005-06, proposed by Jim Dowd on 03/07/2006.

That this House welcomes the statement by John Fingleton, Chief Executive of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), on the draft Opinion, published on 31st May 2006 on the future of newspaper and magazine distribution; notes that the OFT has identified the real and genuine concerns raised by retailers about current supply chain arrangements that lead to inefficient service to consumers and inappropriate levels of wastage, accompanied by unacceptable abuse of retailers; refutes the claim of publishers that any change to existing arrangements will unaviodably lead to the closure of 20,000 newagents; applauds the concurrent review of the existing Code of Practice on newspaper distribution; supports the proposals from the National Federation of Retail Newsagents for a new, all-inclusive, industry Code of Practice, overseen by an industry funded ombudsman, that will ensure effective compliance and enforcement to meet the competitive shortcomings inherent in current supply chain arrangements; and urges the publishers to come together with retailers to draw up a workable solution for the presentation to the OFT that will maintain availability of 3,500 newspaper and magazine titles which provide unique choice for UK consumers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jim Dowd03/07/2006Lewisham WestLabourProposed
Bob Russell03/07/2006ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn04/07/2006Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Colin Breed04/07/2006South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Cummings04/07/2006EasingtonLabourSeconded
Andrew George04/07/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink04/07/2006Castle PointConservativeSigned
Derek Conway04/07/2006Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
David Taylor04/07/2006North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Lynne Jones05/07/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Leech05/07/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Janet Anderson05/07/2006Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds05/07/2006Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Andrew Dismore05/07/2006HendonLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/07/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ken Purchase05/07/2006Wolverhampton North EastLabourSigned
Jim Devine06/07/2006LivingstonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis06/07/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Keith Vaz06/07/2006Leicester EastLabourSigned
Bill Etherington06/07/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Drew06/07/2006StroudLabourSigned
John Pugh06/07/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Touhig06/07/2006IslwynLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice10/07/2006PendleLabourSigned
Paul Flynn10/07/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock10/07/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams10/07/2006ConwyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer11/07/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable12/07/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton12/07/2006GowerLabourSigned
Paul Holmes12/07/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope13/07/2006HyndburnLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/07/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis13/07/2006Barnsley East and MexboroughLabourSigned
John Hemming13/07/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross14/07/2006TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
John Battle17/07/2006Leeds WestLabourSigned
David Hamilton20/07/2006MidlothianLabourSigned
Tom Brake24/07/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price09/10/2006Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned

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