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Refugee Figures, BBC And Government Accountability

EDM number 149 in 2016-17, proposed by Hywel Williams on 07/06/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Asylum, Broadcasting and National Assembly for Wales.

That this House notes the Home Office figures showing the number of Syrian refugees taken in by the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme; further notes that Wales has taken in just 78 refugees compared to England's 863 and Scotland's 610; regrets that the Welsh Government refused a request from BBC Wales for a comment; expresses concern that the BBC, in response to the Welsh Government's refusal, decided not to run any response from any political party, without reporting the Welsh Government's refusal to provide a comment; believes that the BBC should act as a public service broadcaster, not a state broadcaster; and calls for the BBC Charter review to make it clear that the BBC is not beholden to any particular government, that it has a duty to report opposition parties' views irrespective of any government's wilful stonewalling, and that it should uphold the traditional Welsh principle of Rhydd i bawb ei farn ac i bob barn ei llafar, that is, all have a right to their opinion and a right to make that opinion known.

This motion has been signed by a total of 18 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hywel Williams07/06/2016ArfonPlaid CymruProposed
Gavin Robinson08/06/2016Belfast EastDUPSeconded
Chris Stephens08/06/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Martyn Day08/06/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
Jonathan Edwards09/06/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Mhairi Black13/06/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySeconded
Margaret Ferrier13/06/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil13/06/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson14/06/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Natalie McGarry14/06/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts14/06/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Carol Monaghan15/06/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins15/06/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson20/06/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry20/06/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown27/06/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh04/07/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Alison Thewliss04/07/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned

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