Social Networking Websites And Government Surveillance (EDM1191)

Social Networking Websites And Government Surveillance

EDM number 1191 in 2008-09, proposed by Jo Swinson on 25/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Data protection and Internet and cybercrime.

That this House notes with concern the Home Office's consideration of a government database for monitoring activities of law-abiding citizens on social network websites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace; highlights that these sites contain sensitive data on individuals which the Government has no right to know; further notes recent failures by Government Departments to keep confidential data secure; further notes that police can monitor social networking accounts of those suspected of criminality, under existing warrant procedures; and urges the Government to drop any plans for blanket monitoring of all users on social networking websites.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jo Swinson	25/03/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Brake	25/03/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Steve Webb	25/03/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	25/03/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Danny Alexander	25/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Browne	25/03/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Nigel Evans	25/03/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	25/03/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	26/03/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	26/03/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/03/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/03/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	26/03/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	26/03/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/03/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Lynne Jones	30/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	30/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	31/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	31/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	31/03/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	01/04/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	01/04/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	02/04/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	02/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	02/04/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	02/04/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Howarth	20/04/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	20/04/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	20/04/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	20/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	21/04/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/04/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	22/04/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/04/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	23/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/04/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	05/05/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/05/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	08/06/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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