Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Barry Sheerman (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Thursday, 16 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 35 members in total.

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BRITISH POLLING COUNCIL

That this House welcomes the launch of the British Polling Council by the UK's largest public opinion research companies; notes that the opinion polling industry has responded to the decline of self-regulation and the need to take action to ensure transparency and honesty in polling and the reporting of opinion polls; welcomes the fact that member companies must make information available on their websites within two days of a survey being published, including details of those who paid for the poll, the sample and interviewing methods used, and full data tables; and hopes that the British Polling Council will be effective in overseeing and enforcing a strict set of disclosure standards relating to published polls.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

407 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Public opinion Opinion polls

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk