ITV And Regional News
EDM number 504 in 2007-08, proposed by John Grogan on 06/12/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Media.
That this House celebrates the contribution of ITV Regional News to the DNA of ITV, providing programming that strongly reflects the cultural and social lives of the UK regions; reflects that regional news has been a key obligation of the Channel 3 licence holder since its launch in 1954; notes comments by the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport that `in the interests of plurality it would be regrettable if regional news in any area were to become solely the preserve of the BBC'; recognises that Ofcom's first public service broadcasting (PSB) review concluded that the existing commercial PSB model would not be sustainable following digital switchover but also notes Michael Grade's comments in June 2007 that `if ITV got an advertising credit for its national and regional programmes ... Immediately ITV would have an added incentive to invest in programming for the nations and regions'; strongly opposes the Chairman of ITV's precipitate plan announced in September 2007 to cut regional news budgets from £90 million today to £40 to £50 million in the future, reduce regions from 17 (11 regions and six sub regions) to nine and merge distinct areas such as Tyne Tees with Border, West and West Country, East and West Midlands, the Meridian and Thames Valley; and calls on Ofcom and the Government to work together with ITV to find a solution that enables ITV to generate sufficient income to maintain a regional news network of which both the country and our regions are rightly proud.
This motion has been signed by a total of 141 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| John Grogan | 06/12/2007 | Selby | Labour | Proposed |
| Eric Martlew | 06/12/2007 | Carlisle | Labour | Seconded |
| Derek Conway | 06/12/2007 | Old Bexley & Sidcup | Conservative | Seconded |
| Graham Brady | 06/12/2007 | Altrincham and Sale West | Conservative | Seconded |
| Nick Harvey | 06/12/2007 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Oliver Heald | 06/12/2007 | North East Hertfordshire | Conservative | Seconded |
| Gordon Prentice | 06/12/2007 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 06/12/2007 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| John Pugh | 06/12/2007 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 06/12/2007 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 06/12/2007 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 06/12/2007 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 06/12/2007 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 06/12/2007 | Oxford West and Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Heyes | 06/12/2007 | Ashton-under-Lyne | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Holmes | 06/12/2007 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 06/12/2007 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 06/12/2007 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 06/12/2007 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 06/12/2007 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Sally Keeble | 06/12/2007 | Northampton North | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 06/12/2007 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| David Laws | 06/12/2007 | Yeovil | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 06/12/2007 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 06/12/2007 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 06/12/2007 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 06/12/2007 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 06/12/2007 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 06/12/2007 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 06/12/2007 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 06/12/2007 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 06/12/2007 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 06/12/2007 | Bristol North West | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 06/12/2007 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 06/12/2007 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 06/12/2007 | Dumfries and Galloway | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 06/12/2007 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Simon Burns | 06/12/2007 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 06/12/2007 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| David Clelland | 06/12/2007 | Tyne Bridge | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 06/12/2007 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 06/12/2007 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 06/12/2007 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 06/12/2007 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Doran | 06/12/2007 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 06/12/2007 | Stroud | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Durkan | 06/12/2007 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 06/12/2007 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Evans | 06/12/2007 | Ribble Valley | Conservative | Signed |
| Michael Fallon | 06/12/2007 | Sevenoaks | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 06/12/2007 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 06/12/2007 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 06/12/2007 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 06/12/2007 | Hastings and Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 06/12/2007 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 06/12/2007 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Gilroy | 06/12/2007 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour | Signed |
| Graham Allen | 06/12/2007 | Nottingham North | Labour | Signed |
| David Hamilton | 06/12/2007 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 06/12/2007 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Janet Anderson | 06/12/2007 | Rossendale and Darwen | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 06/12/2007 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Battle | 06/12/2007 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 06/12/2007 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Betts | 06/12/2007 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | Labour | Signed |
| David Borrow | 06/12/2007 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 06/12/2007 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Gary Streeter | 06/12/2007 | South West Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| Graham Stringer | 06/12/2007 | Manchester, Blackley | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 06/12/2007 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 06/12/2007 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 06/12/2007 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 06/12/2007 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 06/12/2007 | Liverpool, West Derby | Independent | Signed |
| Nigel Waterson | 06/12/2007 | Eastbourne | Conservative | Signed |
| John Hemming | 06/12/2007 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Anderson | 06/12/2007 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Philip Davies | 06/12/2007 | Shipley | Conservative | Signed |
| John Leech | 06/12/2007 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Soulsby | 06/12/2007 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Greg Mulholland | 06/12/2007 | Leeds North West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Pritchard | 06/12/2007 | The Wrekin | Conservative | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 06/12/2007 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Dan Rogerson | 06/12/2007 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Hunter | 06/12/2007 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dai Davies | 06/12/2007 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 10/12/2007 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 10/12/2007 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 10/12/2007 | North West Leicestershire | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 10/12/2007 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Weir | 10/12/2007 | Angus | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Stephen Williams | 10/12/2007 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Devine | 10/12/2007 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Virendra Sharma | 10/12/2007 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Tim Loughton | 11/12/2007 | East Worthing and Shoreham | Conservative | Signed |
| Ian McCartney | 11/12/2007 | Makerfield | Labour | Signed |
| Albert Owen | 11/12/2007 | Ynys M | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 11/12/2007 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Hugo Swire | 11/12/2007 | East Devon | Conservative | Signed |
| Ann Winterton | 11/12/2007 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 11/12/2007 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 12/12/2007 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 12/12/2007 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 12/12/2007 | Harrogate and Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 13/12/2007 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 13/12/2007 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 18/12/2007 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Moore | 07/01/2008 | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 09/01/2008 | Islington South and Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Willie Rennie | 10/01/2008 | Dunfermline and West Fife | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 14/01/2008 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 18/02/2008 | Regent's Park and Kensington North | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 20/02/2008 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Julia Goldsworthy | 20/02/2008 | Falmouth and Camborne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 22/02/2008 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 27/02/2008 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 28/02/2008 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Jeremy Browne | 12/03/2008 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Richard Younger-Ross | 18/03/2008 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Steve Webb | 25/03/2008 | Northavon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 26/03/2008 | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 26/03/2008 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Key | 21/04/2008 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 21/04/2008 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Christopher Huhne | 08/05/2008 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Murrison | 19/06/2008 | Westbury | Conservative | Signed |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | 20/06/2008 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 23/06/2008 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 24/06/2008 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Ancram | 24/06/2008 | Devizes | Conservative | Signed |
| Lorely Burt | 26/06/2008 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Anne Snelgrove | 30/06/2008 | South Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 02/07/2008 | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 09/07/2008 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Charles Walker | 14/07/2008 | Broxbourne | Conservative | Signed |
| John Robertson | 17/07/2008 | Glasgow North West | Labour | Signed |
| David Howarth | 06/10/2008 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Mason | 15/10/2008 | Glasgow East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Sarah Teather | 27/10/2008 | Brent East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Lucas | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Chris Bryant | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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