Local Newspapers And Community Cohesion (EDM503)

Local Newspapers And Community Cohesion

EDM number 503 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 19/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Press.

That this House congratulates local paid-for daily and free weekly papers on the service they provide for communities, particularly in keeping people informed about news, services and events in their area, campaigning on important local issues, helping to maintain a vibrant local economy, holding elected representatives to account, strengthening democracy and thereby helping to deliver social and economic cohesion for communities; regretfully notes the difficulties some local papers may experience in the current financial crisis; and calls on the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to meet representatives of the industry to discuss how local papers can continue to deliver a much cherished and needed service in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Spink	19/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Proposed
Andrew Pelling	19/01/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Seconded
Evan Harris	19/01/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dai Davies	19/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Seconded
Bob Russell	19/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	20/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Philip Davies	20/01/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	20/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	20/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	20/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	20/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	20/01/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/01/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	21/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	21/01/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	21/01/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	21/01/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	21/01/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	21/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/01/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/01/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	22/01/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	26/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	26/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	27/01/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/01/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/01/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	27/01/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	28/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	29/01/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	29/01/2009	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	05/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	09/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	12/02/2009	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	10/03/2009	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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