Banning Of Journalists From Football Grounds (EDM844)

Banning Of Journalists From Football Grounds

EDM number 844 in 2013-14, proposed by Ian Lavery on 04/12/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Press and Sports.

That this House condemns the decision of Newcastle United FC Chairman, Mike Ashley, to withdraw all report facilities for journalists working on the Newcastle Chronicle, Newcastle Journal and Sunday Sun; notes that the denial of access to the St James' Park stadium press box, training ground and interviews with players and manager leaves reporters unable to report on events which are of great interest to the local community; further notes that this follows the temporary banning of a Daily Telegraph reporter by the same club last season and similar actions by Nottingham Forest, Crawley Town, Port Vale and Rotherham United; supports the National Union of Journalists in believing that journalists working for a free press in a democratic society must be able to express themselves as they see fit within the law, without fear of petty and vindictive corporate sanctions; welcomes the broad support that supporters of the club have given to reporters trying to do their professional best in reporting the affairs of football clubs; and therefore calls on the Premier League and Football Association to implement a code of conduct in respect of the treatment of working journalists.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ian Lavery	04/12/2013	Wansbeck	Labour	Proposed
Ian Mearns	04/12/2013	Gateshead	Labour	Seconded
Grahame Morris	04/12/2013	Easington	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	04/12/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	04/12/2013	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Dennis Skinner	04/12/2013	Bolsover	Labour	Seconded
Chris Williamson	04/12/2013	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	04/12/2013	Bradford South	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	04/12/2013	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	04/12/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	04/12/2013	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew McDonald	04/12/2013	Middlesbrough	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	04/12/2013	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	04/12/2013	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/12/2013	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	04/12/2013	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	05/12/2013	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/12/2013	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	05/12/2013	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Blomfield	09/12/2013	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2013	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	09/12/2013	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/12/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	11/12/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	11/12/2013	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/12/2013	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Tom Greatrex	18/12/2013	Rutherglen and Hamilton West	Labour	Signed

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