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Future Of The BBC News Channel

EDM number 128 in 2016-17, proposed by Helen Goodman on 06/06/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Broadcasting.

That this House is concerned by reports that BBC management are considering plans to close the BBC News Channel altogether, or to significantly alter its character; does not believe that the commercially-operated BBC World News TV Channel, funded through advertising, offers anything like an adequate replacement for the UK news service; notes that despite the march of online and mobile content, television remains by far the UK's main source of news; recognises that if the BBC News Channel were to disappear, Sky would be left with a domestic monopoly on continuous UK television news; hopes that BBC management avoid any merger between BBC News Channel and BBC World News, which would blur the lines between the licence fee and the pursuit of profit; and calls for any future plan for BBC News to avoid undermining the integrity and impartiality of public service broadcasting through the introduction of commercial funding arrangements.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Helen Goodman06/06/2016Bishop AucklandLabourProposed
Chris Matheson06/06/2016City of ChesterLabourSeconded
Stephen Doughty07/06/2016Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley07/06/2016Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Jim Shannon07/06/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Gavin Robinson07/06/2016Belfast EastDUPSeconded
Chris Stephens07/06/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan07/06/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale08/06/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Ronnie Cowan08/06/2016InverclydeScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh08/06/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Bob Blackman08/06/2016Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Angela Crawley08/06/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Colleen Fletcher08/06/2016Coventry North EastLabourSigned
Graham Jones08/06/2016HyndburnLabourSigned
Tommy Sheppard08/06/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
John Pugh08/06/2016SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon08/06/2016North DownIndependentSigned
Kelvin Hopkins08/06/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner08/06/2016BolsoverLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie08/06/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris Law08/06/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Paul Flynn09/06/2016Newport WestLabourSigned
Deidre Brock09/06/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham13/06/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Alison Thewliss13/06/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon14/06/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Natalie McGarry14/06/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas15/06/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Alasdair McDonnell15/06/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Roger Godsiff15/06/2016Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Neil Gray15/06/2016Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson20/06/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Rosie Cooper20/06/2016West LancashireLabourSigned
Brendan O'Hara27/06/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson27/06/2016Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Jim Dowd28/06/2016Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Mhairi Black04/07/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Louise Ellman07/07/2016Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Liz Saville Roberts12/07/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
David Lammy21/07/2016TottenhamLabourSigned

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