Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor George Howarth (Labour), on Monday, 16 December 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 62 members in total.
DAILY MIRROR AND DAILY RECORD
That this House notes that the Daily Mirror and the Daily Record have over the years played a vitally important campaigning and news role as the only left of centre daily newspapers in the United Kingdom; further notes the need in a free society for balance in the news media; expresses its solidarity with the journalists, editorial and production staff; and also pledges full support for their current attempt to secure the papers' future by means of a management buyout.
Amendments
The Early day motion has received 3 amendments.
- 402A4
- leave out from 'Kingdom' to end and add 'notes that nevertheless its journalists were content to work for a proprietor who was openly contemptuous of the rights of trade unionists and who ruthlessly exploited the judicial process to smother any form of criticism; and calls upon the Daily Mirror to justify its pretensions to be a paper worthy of respect by calling upon the Labour Party to give a full account of all the benefits both in cash and in kind that it has received from the late Robert Maxwell and his associated companies with a view to donating an equivalent sum to the Mirror Group pensioners' fund which the late Robert Maxwell looted to his own advantage.'.
- 402A1
- leave out from 'media' to end and add 'urges the current management to publish in full the Daily Mirror's internal enquiry into Mirrorgate; the accounts of all contributions made by readers to charitable causes such as famine relief in Ethiopia and full details of the role played by MGN's non-executive directors and the trustees of the MGN pension fund.'
- 402A2
- after 'Record' insert 'together with the Morning Star'.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 402
- 402A4
- 402A1
- 402A2
- Session
- 1991-92
- Subjects
- Newspaper press Daily Mirror The Daily Record
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