PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BBC REGIONAL PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMMES (5 March 1998)
Motion Details
That this House is concerned about the unwelcome proposals to change BBC networked parliamentary programmes and views with great concern the proposals to cut back political coverage in the regions; greatly values the contribution to informed political debate by the BBC's regional weekly political programmes; urges the Corporation to retain and enhance these as a vital link between honourable Members and their constituents; and further urges the BBC to retain its regional reporting presence at Westminster.
Sponsored by:
Mr John McWilliam (Labour)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Labour
49
54%
Conservative
14
16%
Liberal Democrat
14
16%
Independent
7
8%
Ulster Unionist Party
2
2%
Non-affiliated
2
2%
Your Party
1
1%
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
Sponsor List (90 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Mr Peter Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
LD
Jackie Ballard
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
LD
Lord Burnett
LD
Paul Burstow
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Lab
Mr Ian Cawsey
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
YP
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Valerie Davey
Lab
Lord Davies of Stamford
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Lab
Mrs Lorna Fitzsimons
Lab
Caroline Flint
Lab
Barbara Follett
UUP
Clifford Forsythe
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Con
Nick Gibb
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Mrs Eileen Gordon
Con
James Gray
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Ind
Ms Patricia Hewitt
Lab
Mr David Hinchliffe
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Helen Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Ms Tess Kingham
Ind
Mr Ivan Lewis
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Judy Mallaber
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr John McWilliam (Sponsor)
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Con
Mr Archie Norman
Ind
Dan Norris
North East Somerset and Hanham
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Lawrie Quinn
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Con
Lord Risby
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Malcolm Savidge
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Sir Robert Syms
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Lab
Lord Temple-Morris
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Lord Touhig
LD
Lord Tyler
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
LD
Steve Webb
Lab
Mr David Winnick
Lab
Derek Wyatt
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