Redundancies At Herald And Times Newspaper Group (EDM171)

Redundancies At Herald And Times Newspaper Group

EDM number 171 in 2008-09, proposed by Jim Devine on 08/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Press and Unemployment.

That this House condemns the management of the Sunday Herald, Herald and Evening Times in summarily dismissing over 240 journalists, telling them to reapply for their jobs, despite issuing each journalist with 90 days notice of redundancy; and further notes that the Herald is no longer available in the House of Commons.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Devine	08/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Proposed
Kelvin Hopkins	08/12/2008	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
David Anderson	08/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Seconded
Ian Davidson	08/12/2008	Glasgow South West	Labour	Seconded
Gordon Banks	08/12/2008	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Seconded
Tom Harris	08/12/2008	Glasgow South	Labour	Seconded
Jim Cunningham	08/12/2008	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Roy	08/12/2008	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	08/12/2008	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	08/12/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	08/12/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	08/12/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	08/12/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	08/12/2008	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Drew	09/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	10/12/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	11/12/2008	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	15/12/2008	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	15/12/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	15/12/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	16/12/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	17/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Weir	18/12/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	Unknown			Withdrawn

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