Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Peter Bradley (Labour), on Tuesday, 15 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 55 members in total.

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CONDUCT OF ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS

That this House condemns Associated Newspapers for paying up to ??100,00 to Nadir Abrahams and Brian Ebden for what has been shown to be a fabricated story about Sir Alex Ferguson, and which at the time was the subject of a police inquiry; notes reports that the Police were hampered in their inquiries because of their inability to contact the complainant who was being detained by the Mail on Sunday in order to conduct its negotiations in private; further notes that this follows payment by the Daily Mail for the diaries of Jeffery Archer, a convicted perjurer; suggests that there are now no depths to which Associated Newspapers will not stoop and urges the Press Complaints Commission finally to make good on its commitment to take firm action against cheque-book journalism and its potentially corrupting influence upon legal processes.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1752 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Conduct Newspaper press Associated Newspapers

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk