Parliament Website

Press Accountability

EDM number 1686 in 2006-07, proposed by Gary Streeter on 13/06/2007.

That this House commends the Prime Minister for his speech to Reuters of 12th June 2007 about the British press; and calls for a cross-party initiative to explore ways of increasing press accountability and improving citizens' redress in cases of inaccuracy, while preserving essential press freedom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gary Streeter13/06/2007South West DevonConservativeProposed
Tony Wright13/06/2007Cannock ChaseLabourSeconded
Greg Pope13/06/2007HyndburnLabourSeconded
Colin Breed13/06/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSeconded
Richard Ottaway13/06/2007Croydon SouthConservativeSeconded
David Taylor14/06/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
John Pugh14/06/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones14/06/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Drew14/06/2007StroudLabourSigned
Frank Field14/06/2007BirkenheadLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/06/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Janet Anderson14/06/2007Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn15/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt15/06/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Andrew George15/06/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore15/06/2007HendonLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss15/06/2007North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Paul Holmes18/06/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
David Lepper18/06/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Derek Conway18/06/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer18/06/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Betty Williams18/06/2007ConwyLabourSigned
John Leech19/06/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern20/06/2007Dundee WestLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/06/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins25/06/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson03/07/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

Download raw data as csv or xml.