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Media Coverage Of Comments About Religions

EDM number 2195 in 2007-08, proposed by Gregory Campbell on 07/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Media and Religious discrimination.

That this House notes the condemnation by sections of the media, particularly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, of those who use language which could be construed as anti-Catholic; but also notes the lack of criticism or condemnation by similar sections of the media about comments which could equally be construed as anti-Protestant, such as those of the former Policing Ombudsman in Northern Ireland Nuala O'Loan who, in August 2008 during a BBC Radio 4 interview for Woman's Hour, said Protestants would have been taught as children that they could not trust Catholics; and calls for a fair and balanced media approach in trying to ensure that such ill-informed and inaccurate comments cease to be made by all of those in positions of influence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gregory Campbell07/10/2008East LondonderryDUPProposed
David Simpson07/10/2008Upper BannDUPSeconded
Nigel Dodds07/10/2008Belfast NorthDUPSeconded
William McCrea07/10/2008South AntrimDUPSeconded
Sammy Wilson07/10/2008East AntrimDUPSeconded
Lynne Jones08/10/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer09/10/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Frank Field09/10/2008BirkenheadLabourSigned
Ann Winterton09/10/2008CongletonConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington13/10/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis15/10/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Wilshire15/10/2008SpelthorneConservativeSigned
John Battle16/10/2008Leeds WestLabourSigned

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