BBC Persian Television Service (EDM615)

BBC Persian Television Service

EDM number 615 in 2008-09, proposed by Fabian Hamilton on 28/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Broadcasting.

That this House congratulates the BBC World Service on its successful launch of BBC Persian Television on 14 January 2009, bringing high-quality accurate and impartial news, information and analysis on television from a global perspective to audiences in Iran, Afghanistan and beyond; recognises that the BBC has a distinguished history of broadcasting in Persian over 68 years with audiences that regard it as one of the most trusted, impartial and objective international radio news providers in the Persian-speaking world; applauds the BBC's decision to augment news with programmes on arts, culture, science, technology and sport in order to attract a diverse audience; notes that the channel will offer a vital opportunity for Persian speakers to debate and discuss major global issues; and further notes that in the same month the BBC's first specialist language television channel, BBC Arabic, which has made a substantial impact on the local television news market, was extended from 12 to 24 hours a day offering Arabic speakers round-the-clock news on television to supplement the existing radio and online services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Fabian Hamilton	28/01/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Proposed
David Lidington	28/01/2009	Aylesbury	Conservative	Seconded
Menzies Campbell	28/01/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Eric Illsley	28/01/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Seconded
Ben Wallace	28/01/2009	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Seconded
Jo Swinson	28/01/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	28/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	28/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	29/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	29/01/2009	City of York	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	02/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	02/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	03/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	03/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	03/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	04/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	04/02/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	04/02/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown	05/02/2009	Cotswold	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	05/02/2009	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/02/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	10/02/2009	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	25/02/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	02/03/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	04/03/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Fabricant	05/03/2009	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	10/03/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	11/03/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	12/10/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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