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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
FUTURE OF THE BBC NEWS CHANNEL (5 June 2016)

Motion Details

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.

Sponsored by:
Helen Goodman (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
14
34%
 
 
Scottish National Party
12
29%
 
 
Independent
6
15%
 
 
Conservative
2
5%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
5%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
5%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
2%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (41 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
SNP
Mhairi Black
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
SNP
Deidre Brock
Lab
Rosie Cooper
SNP
Ronnie Cowan
SNP
Angela Crawley
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Lab
Stephen Doughty
Cardiff South and Penarth
Lab
Jim Dowd
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Ind
Dame Louise Ellman
Lab
Colleen Fletcher
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mary Glindon
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Helen Goodman (Sponsor)
SNP
Neil Gray
Ind
Lady Hermon
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Graham P Jones
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Green
Caroline Lucas
Ind
Christian Matheson
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
Natalie McGarry
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
SNP
John Nicolson
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
LD
John Pugh
Lab
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
SNP
Chris Stephens
SNP
Alison Thewliss

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