PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
BROADCASTING OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC (3 May 1999)
Motion Details
That this House views with concern the unequal treatment and legal exclusion of United Christian Broadcasters and other religious bodies from owning a national radio licence; notes the opinion of David Pannick QC that the United Kingdom is in breach of Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights; and requests the Government to reconsider the relevant broadcasting laws and in particular to consider whether internationally available frequencies could be used to give the British public access to a UCB Christian music alternative.
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Mark Fisher (Labour)
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Party
Votes
%
Conservative
28
33%
Labour
28
33%
Liberal Democrat
8
10%
Ulster Unionist Party
6
7%
Independent
3
4%
Non-affiliated
2
2%
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
Scottish National Party
2
2%
Not Available
2
2%
Speaker
1
1%
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (84 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
Mr Joe Ashton
LD
Jackie Ballard
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Con
Sir Richard Body
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Sir Alan Campbell
Tynemouth
Ind
Dennis Canavan
Lab
Mr Jamie Cann
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Con
Michael Colvin
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
SNP
Mrs Margaret Ewing
Con
Mr David Faber
LD
Lord Fearn
Con
Lord Flight
UUP
Clifford Forsythe
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
Lab
Michael Jabez Foster
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Con
Mr Christopher Gill
Lab
Baroness Golding
Con
Lord Goodlad
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Lab
Bernie Grant
Con
James Gray
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hamilton of Epsom
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Lord Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Ms Fiona Jones
Lab
Ms Jenny Jones
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Dr Calum MacDonald
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
SDLP
Mr Seamus Mallon
Con
Lord Mawhinney
Lab
Steve McCabe
Mr Robert McCartney
LD
Mrs Ray Michie
Lord Moonie
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Con
Mr Patrick Nicholls
Con
Mr Owen Paterson
Lab
Ian Pearson
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lord Prior of Brampton
Lab
Bill Rammell
Lab
Syd Rapson
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Lab
Mr Allan Rogers
UUP
Mr William Ross
Lab
Lord Rowlands
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Mr David Stewart
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Con
Mr John Townend
Con
Lord Trimble
UUP
Sir Cecil Walker
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
PC
Lord Wigley
Lab
Mr Phil Woolas
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