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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Roger Gale (Conservative), on Monday, 17 December 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 97 members in total.

MR HUGHIE GREEN AND COPYRIGHT THEFT

That, in view of the decision to deny Mr Hughie Green the due copyright protection for the show which he created, Opportunity Knocks, and the harmful consequences of this decision on all similar format programmes whose originators are no longer entitled to receive copyright payments for shows they have created, this House calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to bring forward an amendment to the Copyright Act to protect British talent from being pirated by foreign and other television stations, with consequential loss of revenue to the United Kingdom Exchequer.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

MR HUGHIE GREEN AND COPYRIGHT THEFT (248A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Bob Cryer (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 17 December 1990. It has been signed by 9 members in total.
at end add 'and urges the Government to intervene in the market place to curb this type of pilfering encouraged by the enterprise culture.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
248 
248A1 
Session
1990-91
Other sponsors
Charles Kennedy
Lord Stratford
Nigel Griffiths
Lawrence Cunliffe
John G Blackburn
Subjects
Copyright Royalties Green, Hughie
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk