Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ian Lavery (Labour), on Monday, 24 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 89 members in total.

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MORNING STAR

That this House notes the Morning Star is a national daily newspaper available in shops across the UK; further notes that it is the only socialist daily newspaper in the English language worldwide; further notes that the Morning Star and its management have strong links with the trade union movement; welcomes the different light it shines on news and current affairs from that of other daily newspapers; expresses concern that the Morning Star is rarely ever shown on or reported by the BBC on television and radio; and calls on the Director General of the BBC to ensure that the Morning Star is featured regularly and as a matter of course in broadcast newspaper reviews in the interests of fair and balanced reporting.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

MORNING STAR (1334A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Julian Lewis (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Thursday, 27 January 2011. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

leave out `socialist' and insert `communist'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1334 

1334A1 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Dennis Skinner

Ronnie Campbell

Jeremy Corbyn

Lisa Nandy

Grahame Morris

Subjects

Press

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk