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Sporting Listed Events And The Ashes

EDM number 581 in 2010-12, proposed by John Robertson on 21/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Sports.

That this House opposes the decision not to include the Ashes in the A-list of free-to-air television; calls on the Government to reverse its decision and instead accept the recommendations of the David Davies Review; further opposes measures which deprives UK audiences from being able to share in the triumphs and tribulations of the national team; and calls on the Government to guarantee the future of cricket by enabling the biggest audience and not the smallest.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Robertson21/07/2010Glasgow North WestLabourProposed
Jim Sheridan21/07/2010Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins21/07/2010Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Bob Russell21/07/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jonathan Edwards22/07/2010Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Peter Bottomley22/07/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Graham Jones22/07/2010HyndburnLabourSigned
David Anderson22/07/2010BlaydonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock22/07/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/07/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale22/07/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner26/07/2010BolsoverLabourSigned
Martin Caton26/07/2010GowerLabourSigned
Lorely Burt26/07/2010SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech26/07/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley27/07/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
Stephen Pound27/07/2010Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Simon Hughes27/07/2010Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jimmy Hood06/09/2010Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
David Crausby06/09/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Nicholas Dakin09/09/2010ScunthorpeLabourSigned

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