National Audit Office And The BBC (EDM2831)

National Audit Office And The BBC

EDM number 2831 in 2005-06, proposed by Alan Williams on 23/10/2006.

That this House believes that the Government should reconsider its rejection of the proposal in the independent Sharman Committee Report that the BBC should be subject to full National Audit Office (NAO) access to and auditing of its accounts; notes that this would bring it within examination by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC); believes that the BBC should be open to Value For Money analysis by the NAO and PAC; dismisses BBC allegations that it would lead to interference in programming; reminds the Government and BBC Governors that the NAO and PAC have examined the accounts of the BBC Overseas Service for many years; notes that a principal Overseas Service witness confirmed in a public session of PAC that the Committee had never tried to interfere in editorial matters; and reminds the BBC that it has the privilege of receiving what is in effect a mandatory tax on virtually every household in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Williams	23/10/2006	Swansea West	Labour	Proposed
Edward Leigh	23/10/2006	Gainsborough	Conservative	Seconded
Ian Davidson	23/10/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Seconded
Richard Bacon	23/10/2006	South Norfolk	Conservative	Seconded
Don Touhig	23/10/2006	Islwyn	Labour	Seconded
David Curry	23/10/2006	Skipton and Ripon	Conservative	Seconded
Greg Clark	23/10/2006	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	23/10/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	23/10/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Philip Dunne	23/10/2006	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Tyrie	23/10/2006	Chichester	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	23/10/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	23/10/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	23/10/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Vaizey	24/10/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	24/10/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stewart Jackson	24/10/2006	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	24/10/2006	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	24/10/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Graham Stringer	24/10/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	24/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/10/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	24/10/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	24/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Marshall	24/10/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	24/10/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	25/10/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	25/10/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
John Whittingdale	25/10/2006	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	25/10/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	25/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	25/10/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	25/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	25/10/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	25/10/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	26/10/2006	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	26/10/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/10/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	30/10/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	31/10/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
John Leech	31/10/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Bryant	01/11/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	06/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	06/11/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	06/11/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	07/11/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Phil Willis	07/11/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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