PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FAITH GROUPS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS BILL (6 July 2003)
Motion Details
That this House welcomes the amendment to the Communications Bill passed in the House of Lords, which completely removes the present disqualification of religious organisations from holding various types of broadcasting licences; believes that the current ban is arbitrary and discriminatory towards faith groups throughout the country and that the existing regime provides adequate safeguards to ensure licences are only awarded to suitable applicants; and calls on the Government to support the Bill as amended.
Sponsored by:
Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Conservative
64
48%
Liberal Democrat
28
21%
Labour
21
16%
Independent
7
5%
Democratic Unionist Party
3
2%
Ulster Unionist Party
3
2%
Non-affiliated
2
2%
Reform UK
1
1%
Scottish National Party
1
1%
Plaid Cymru
1
1%
Not Available
1
1%
Sponsor List (132 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Sir David Amess
Lab
Janet Anderson
Con
Mr John Baron
LD
John Barrett
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Con
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
LD
Tom Brake
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Mr Russell Brown
Lab
Colin Burgon
UUP
David Burnside
Con
Alistair Burt
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Mr James Clappison
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Tony Clarke
Derek Conway
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
LD
Sue Doughty
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Con
Mark Field
Lab
Mark Fisher
Con
Lord Flight
Lab
Barbara Follett
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
LD
Mr David Heath
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Lady Hermon
Con
Mr Mark Hoban
Baroness Hoey
Con
Lord Horam
LD
Simon Hughes
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Lab
Mr Peter Kilfoyle
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
LD
Norman Lamb
LD
Mr David Laws
Con
Sir Edward Leigh
Gainsborough
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
Lord Lilley
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Lab
Rob Marris
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Ind
Patrick Mercer
LD
Michael Moore
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
LD
Lembit Öpik
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
LD
John Pugh
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Lab
Syd Rapson
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
RUK
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Mr David Ruffley
LD
Sir Bob Russell
SNP
Alex Salmond
Lab
Phil Sawford
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Con
Mr Keith Simpson
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Lord Soames of Fletching
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Robert Syms
LD
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
Ind
Dr Richard Taylor
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Sir John Whittingdale (Sponsor)
Maldon
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Con
Lord Willetts
LD
Roger Williams
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Derek Wyatt
Con
Mr Tim Yeo
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