Journalism Matters Campaign (EDM284)

Journalism Matters Campaign

EDM number 284 in 2006-07, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 23/11/2006.

That this House welcomes the launch of the Journalism Matters campaign by the National Union of Journalists to highlight the importance of quality journalism to local democracy in the UK; believes that quality journalism relies on adequate resources being provided to enable journalists to carry out their role in an effective manner; expresses concern at recent editorial job losses and budget cuts in local newspapers which are undermining journalists' ability to carry out their role effectively; notes that the cuts are being carried out by highly profitable media companies who effectively operate as regional monopolies without in many cases trade union collective agreements and bargaining rights; and therefore calls for an investigation into allegations of profiteering and anti-competitive practices.

This motion has been signed by a total of 115 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	23/11/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	23/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	23/11/2006	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	23/11/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Angus Robertson	23/11/2006	Moray	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	23/11/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Brian Jenkins	27/11/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/11/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/11/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	27/11/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	27/11/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	28/11/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	28/11/2006	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Dennis Skinner	28/11/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	28/11/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	28/11/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	28/11/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	28/11/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/11/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/11/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	28/11/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/11/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	28/11/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/11/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	29/11/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	29/11/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	29/11/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	29/11/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	29/11/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/11/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	29/11/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	30/11/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	30/11/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/11/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	30/11/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	30/11/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Andrew George	30/11/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	30/11/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Alex Salmond	04/12/2006	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Simpson	04/12/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/12/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/12/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	04/12/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	05/12/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	05/12/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/12/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/12/2006	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	05/12/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	06/12/2006	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	06/12/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	07/12/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
John Horam	11/12/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Bill Olner	11/12/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	11/12/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Fallon	11/12/2006	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	11/12/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	11/12/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	11/12/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	12/12/2006	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	12/12/2006	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	12/12/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	13/12/2006	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	13/12/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	13/12/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	13/12/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Nia Griffith	13/12/2006	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	13/12/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Joan Humble	14/12/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	14/12/2006	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Waltho	14/12/2006	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	14/12/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	18/12/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	18/12/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	18/12/2006	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	18/12/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	18/12/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	18/12/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/12/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	18/12/2006	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	18/12/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/12/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	19/12/2006	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/12/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	19/12/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Battle	19/12/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	08/01/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	08/01/2007	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	08/01/2007	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/01/2007	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	08/01/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	08/01/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim McGovern	08/01/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	09/01/2007	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Jessica Morden	10/01/2007	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	11/01/2007	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	11/01/2007	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	17/01/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Austin	19/01/2007	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	22/01/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	24/01/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	24/01/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Gregory Barker	24/01/2007	Bexhill and Battle	Conservative	Signed
Jon Trickett	24/01/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	25/01/2007	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	26/01/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	08/02/2007	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	13/03/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	27/03/2007	Strangford	DUP	Signed
David Howarth	17/07/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Goodman	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Alison Seabeck	Unknown			Withdrawn
Angela Eagle	Unknown			Withdrawn

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