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EDM number 2493 in 2005-06, proposed by Pete Wishart on 03/07/2006.

That this House deplores the Newsnight report on 30th June when the BBC, in a vain attempt to discover anti-English antagonism in Scotland, left a car bedecked in English flags in Glasgow's Gallowgate, one of the most socially deprived areas of the United Kingdom, where it was duly vandalised; notes that this desperate measure to provoke a response followed a journey round Scotland where the BBC car was met with either bemusement, banter or indifference; believes that the BBC were clearly aware that any vehicle parked in that area bedecked in an unusual manner, be it English flags or the flag of any nation in the world, could be a target for vandals; further notes that this was clearly a set-up by the BBC to encourage anti-social behaviour in its endeavour to besmirch and tarnish the reputation of Scottish sports fans; and hopes that instead of indulging in such acts of entrapment, which fail to reflect the true position and make massive generalisations, the BBC concentrates on delivering a proper news service to its Scottish viewers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Pete Wishart03/07/2006Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartyProposed
Andrew George04/07/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Angus MacNeil04/07/2006Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySeconded
Angus Robertson04/07/2006MorayScottish National PartySeconded
Bob Spink04/07/2006Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones05/07/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd05/07/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Michael Weir05/07/2006AngusScottish National PartySigned
John Leech05/07/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern05/07/2006Dundee WestLabourSigned
Rudi Vis06/07/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jim Devine06/07/2006LivingstonLabourSigned
Stewart Hosie06/07/2006Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Jim Sheridan06/07/2006Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
John Pugh06/07/2006SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn10/07/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
Iris Robinson11/07/2006StrangfordDUPSigned
Ann Cryer11/07/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable12/07/2006TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton12/07/2006GowerLabourSigned
Alan Simpson13/07/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Hemming13/07/2006Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Madeleine Moon13/07/2006BridgendLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell14/07/2006Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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