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West Highland Free Press

EDM number 2235 in 2008-09, proposed by Anne McGuire on 04/11/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Press.

That this House congratulates the West Highland Free Press on becoming Britain's first employee-owned newspaper; notes that over the last 37 years, the Free Press has established an international reputation for all that is best about journalism; further notes that the newspaper serves all the people in its community, and that the founders of the Free Press have shown that they practice what they preach, both in their radical stewardship of the paper since its foundation, and in their present support for the new form of ownership; recognises the outstanding contribution that one of the newspaper's founders, Brian Wilson, a former hon. Member of this House, has made to ensuring that the newspaper has been part of the political, cultural and social debate in the Highlands and Islands; wishes its new owners every success; and trusts that this will serve as an example to other businesses to develop employee ownership initiatives where possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Anne McGuire04/11/2009StirlingLabourProposed
Alistair Carmichael04/11/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSeconded
Michael Connarty04/11/2009Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSeconded
Alan Reid04/11/2009Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Lazarowicz04/11/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSeconded
Anne Begg04/11/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSeconded
Tom Clarke04/11/2009Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillLabourSigned
Jim McGovern04/11/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Katy Clark04/11/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Ian Davidson04/11/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
David Cairns04/11/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne04/11/2009Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Rosemary McKenna04/11/2009Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch EastLabourSigned
Eric Joyce04/11/2009FalkirkLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan04/11/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar04/11/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
John Robertson04/11/2009Glasgow North WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins05/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn05/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Drew05/11/2009StroudLabourSigned
Janet Anderson05/11/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
John Hemming05/11/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle09/11/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Mark Hunter09/11/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams09/11/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley09/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn09/11/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Mark Durkan09/11/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Ann Cryer09/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/11/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn09/11/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Bill Etherington09/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock10/11/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing10/11/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Rudi Vis10/11/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Truswell10/11/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Don Touhig10/11/2009IslwynLabourSigned
George Galloway10/11/2009Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Frank Doran10/11/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton10/11/2009GowerLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce10/11/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/11/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson11/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley11/11/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber11/11/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/11/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
David Borrow11/11/2009South RibbleLabourSigned

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