That this House regards with utter distaste the so-called Bushtucker trials devised for the inane programme I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here; and suggests that if ITV is considering another dose of this second-rate rubbish they devise tests which do not involve tormenting, abusing or killing mammals, reptiles and insects.

That this House regards with utter distaste the so-called Bushtucker trials devised for the inane programme I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here; and suggests that if ITV is considering another dose of this second-rate rubbish they devise tests which do not involve tormenting, abusing or killing mammals, reptiles...

That this House notes with dismay the decision of the England and Wales Cricket Board to award exclusive live coverage of all test and county cricket to Sky Television; recognises that this decision was made despite the opposition of former England cricket captains Alec Stewart, Mike Gatting and Brian Close; fears that many people young and old will not be denied the pleasure of enjoying watching cricket live in their living rooms despite the fact that some test match grounds have received a great deal of Lottery funding; acknowledges that in 1999 the Government agreed to withdraw home test cricket matches from the Listed Events which must be made available live to terrestrial television at a fair and reasonable price; notes that in Australia all test matches home and away are available on free to air television; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to undertake a review of the Listed Events with a view to restoring events of national interest to the List including test cricket and the final day of the Ryder Cup.

That this House notes with dismay the decision of the England and Wales Cricket Board to award exclusive live coverage of all test and county cricket to Sky Television; recognises that this decision was made despite the opposition of former England cricket captains Alec Stewart, Mike Gatting and Brian Close;...

That this House believes that the providers of electronic programme guides (EPGs) hold a significant position of power in deciding how digital television channels should be listed on the EPG; notes that certain channels are seriously limited in their ability to compete by their position on the EPG; further notes that it is in the viewers' interests for the position of channels on the EPG to reflect where viewers expect to find them; urges that in reviewing its code of practice Ofcom should introduce a requirement that EPG providers should periodically review the ordering of channels according to audience share; and looks forward to such a review ensuring that channels of public importance are able to deliver plurality of supply and compete on a fair and equitable footing in the delivery of digital television services.

That this House believes that the providers of electronic programme guides (EPGs) hold a significant position of power in deciding how digital television channels should be listed on the EPG; notes that certain channels are seriously limited in their ability to compete by their position on the EPG; further notes...

That this House expresses concern that the report of the independent Electoral Commission into the Northern Ireland Assembly elections shows unfairness by the BBC in the number of references it made to the Alliance Party on BBC Newsline over the Assembly election period; notes the lack of coverage devoted to female candidates and discrimination in relation to smaller parties; reminds the Governors of their charter obligations; and considers that there is in any event an urgent need for the Governors to review the extent and nature of parliamentary and political coverage in respect of BBC Northern Ireland's domestic news and current affairs.

That this House expresses concern that the report of the independent Electoral Commission into the Northern Ireland Assembly elections shows unfairness by the BBC in the number of references it made to the Alliance Party on BBC Newsline over the Assembly election period; notes the lack of coverage devoted to...

That this House places great value on the tradition of regional public service broadcasting in ITV, including the production of original programming across all genres made for the whole ITV network at regional centres throughout the UK; notes with great concern that, following the Granada/Carlton merger, there has been an increasing trend to centralisation of production in London and just one or two regional centres, as evidenced by redundancies and reorganisation at Meridian TV and by the recent announcement of 400 redundancies and studio closures at Carlton's Birmingham and Nottingham centres; believes that the continuation of this trend to centralisation is undesirable for the broadcasting system, for regional economies and most of all for viewers; and calls on ITV plc to reverse this trend, on Ofcom to apply with vigour the regulatory requirements in the Communications Act for significant regional production and on the Government to protect the regional programme making structure of independent television.

That this House places great value on the tradition of regional public service broadcasting in ITV, including the production of original programming across all genres made for the whole ITV network at regional centres throughout the UK; notes with great concern that, following the Granada/Carlton merger, there has been an...

That this House expresses concern that Ofcom is proposing to grant broadcasters of live discussion programmes and parliamentary proceedings an exemption from the provision of subtitling services; further notes that Ofcom is proposing to extend the requirments to provide access services to a very small proportion of the total number of licensed digital cable and satellite channels and in addition is rejecting the long established practice adopted by ITC since the Broadcasting Act 1990 of setting increasing interim targets for subtitling provision which will lead to the small number of newly regulated channels facing a minimum requirement of subtitling of a mere 10 per cent. of their output for the next five years; further believes that Ofcom's current proposals are based on a number of inaccurate technical assumptions and that it is failing to recognise the immense benefits of television subtitles for the one million people who use them for all television viewing as well as to the far greater population that use them on a regular basis; and therefore calls upon Ofcom to fully reconsider its current proposals and ensure that the intent of Parliament as clearly expressed in the Communications Act 2003 and in the extensive debates on access services are fulfilled by ending the proposed exemption for live discussion and parliamentary proceedings and by setting demanding yearly targets for subtitling provision for a significantly greater number of channels.

That this House expresses concern that Ofcom is proposing to grant broadcasters of live discussion programmes and parliamentary proceedings an exemption from the provision of subtitling services; further notes that Ofcom is proposing to extend the requirments to provide access services to a very small proportion of the total number...

That this House expresses great concern at the title of the Channel 4 documentary series, The Missing Chink, notes that while the aim of the programme to highlight the need for more Chinese role models especially in the arts and sport is laudable; believes that the title is blatantly offensive to the Chinese community in Britain, and is counterproductive to these aims; and therefore calls on Channel 4 to retitle or withdraw the series forthwith.

That this House expresses great concern at the title of the Channel 4 documentary series, The Missing Chink, notes that while the aim of the programme to highlight the need for more Chinese role models especially in the arts and sport is laudable; believes that the title is blatantly offensive...

That this House laments the BBC's clerical error that left Ricky Gervais without a nomination for this year's BAFTA Awards; praises Gervais for creating and starring in the wonderful sitcom that is The Office; acknowledges the place Gervais holds in the unique tradition of great British comedians; requests that the BBC ensures Gervais receives the recognition his achievements deserve; and urges BAFTA'S TV Committee to accept a late nomination for Gervais in these exceptional circumstances.

That this House laments the BBC's clerical error that left Ricky Gervais without a nomination for this year's BAFTA Awards; praises Gervais for creating and starring in the wonderful sitcom that is The Office; acknowledges the place Gervais holds in the unique tradition of great British comedians; requests that the...

That this House is dismayed and appalled at death threats made against road safety campaigners on motoring websites by drivers opposed to speed cameras; notes that descending to such depths of personal harassment and other illegalities such as vandalism of cameras is anti-social, offensive and shocking; further notes that such illegality is being fuelled by anti-camera articles in the national media, including BBC's Top Gear, The Sun, News of the World, The Telegraph and others, who are being fed misleading information by speed bullies such as the Association of British Drivers and Safe Speeds; and calls on the Government urgently to publish more data about speed cameras in the safety camera partnerships, particularly relating to their effectiveness at reducing casualties, to support evidence published this year that the pilot partnerships achieved casualty reductions of 35 per cent. at the speed camera sites.

That this House is dismayed and appalled at death threats made against road safety campaigners on motoring websites by drivers opposed to speed cameras; notes that descending to such depths of personal harassment and other illegalities such as vandalism of cameras is anti-social, offensive and shocking; further notes that such...

That this House welcomes the amendment to the Communications Bill passed in the House of Lords, which completely removes the present disqualification of religious organisations from holding various types of broadcasting licences; believes that the current ban is arbitrary and discriminatory towards faith groups throughout the country and that the existing regime provides adequate safeguards to ensure licences are only awarded to suitable applicants; and calls on the Government to support the Bill as amended.

That this House welcomes the amendment to the Communications Bill passed in the House of Lords, which completely removes the present disqualification of religious organisations from holding various types of broadcasting licences; believes that the current ban is arbitrary and discriminatory towards faith groups throughout the country and that the...

That this House, while welcoming the voluntary intiatives by some digital cable and satellite broadcasters to subtitle their programming and recognising the significant benefits that the proposed communications legislation will bring for deaf and hard of hearing people through the extension of subtitling requirements to digital cable and satellite television, notes that the proposed timescale of 10 years for achievement of this target will delay fuller access to television for the five million deaf and hard of hearing people in the United Kingdom who use subtitles on a regular basis until 2014 at the earliest; and therefore calls on the Government to give urgent consideration to reducing the proposed 10 year timescale.

That this House, while welcoming the voluntary intiatives by some digital cable and satellite broadcasters to subtitle their programming and recognising the significant benefits that the proposed communications legislation will bring for deaf and hard of hearing people through the extension of subtitling requirements to digital cable and satellite television,...

That this House is concerned to see new RNID research revealing that despite hearing loss being predominantly age-related, the number of people in the United Kingdom who use subtitles does not increase with age, confirming that many of the people who would most benefit from subtitles do not know either that they exist or how to access them; notes that this is further evident by the fact that the number of people who admitted to not knowing how to access subtitles was significantly higher amongst people above the age of 65; notes therefore that despite welcome increases in subtitling output proposed in the Communications Bill, far too many people are still missing out on television needlessly because they are not aware of subtitles; notes also that it is in broadcasters' interest to promote subtitles to attract large numbers of viewers to their channels; and calls on the Government to encourage broadcasters to improve their promotion of subtitling and on broadcasters voluntarily to commit to promoting the existence of subtitles with information on how to use them.

That this House is concerned to see new RNID research revealing that despite hearing loss being predominantly age-related, the number of people in the United Kingdom who use subtitles does not increase with age, confirming that many of the people who would most benefit from subtitles do not know either...

That this House acknowledges the significant achievements of the BBC Children in Need Appeal in helping socially disadvantaged children and young people across the United Kingdom; notes that since 1980, when the Appeal first was established, it has raised over ??300 million, that in the last 12 months it awarded grants totalling ??25.2 million and that during the Appeal night on 15th November it raised ??13.5 million; and wishes it continued success for the future.

That this House acknowledges the significant achievements of the BBC Children in Need Appeal in helping socially disadvantaged children and young people across the United Kingdom; notes that since 1980, when the Appeal first was established, it has raised over ??300 million, that in the last 12 months it awarded...

That this House notes that the Government has repeatedly promised to 'protect the interests of citizens and consumers' and has recognised that the 'two are not the same' within the Communications Bill, but that the Bill contains no mention of citizens' interests and no duty on the new regulator, OFCOM, to protect them in relation to the public service broadcasting requirements which include coverage of international development and environment issues; calls on the Government to ensure that OFCOM has a clear general duty to protect and promote the interests of citizens and that a responsibility to regulate public service broadcasting 'with the purpose of strengthening it' is placed explicitly with OFCOM's Content Board; and further calls on the Government to make sure that ITV's remit is strengthened to ensure that it provides a full range of public service programming, not just entertainment and news; and to remove any exemption from penalties for commercial TV channels which fail in their public service obligations, including coverage of international development and environment issues.

That this House notes that the Government has repeatedly promised to 'protect the interests of citizens and consumers' and has recognised that the 'two are not the same' within the Communications Bill, but that the Bill contains no mention of citizens' interests and no duty on the new regulator, OFCOM,...

That this House notes with great sadness recent violent deaths of children and expresses its deep concern at the continued threat faced by our children at the hands of evil abductors; further notes that in the United States, the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber Alert) scheme started in Texas in 1996, and now operating in 15 states, has scored great success in saving the lives of abducted children by means of early interruption of television and other media broadcasts and messages beamed on to road signs, alerting the public to the details of missing children in the crucial early hours, and that since the adoption of the scheme in California in July of this year at least 11 children have been rescued as a result of this scheme; welcomes the response of Sussex Police who have launched a pilot across Sussex backed by Adur Council and other local authorities; and calls upon the Government to set up pilots across the United Kingdom to evaluate the practical implementation of such a scheme in this country as part of an urgent campaign to provide a practical response to those horrific murders and help prevent further such deaths in the future.

That this House notes with great sadness recent violent deaths of children and expresses its deep concern at the continued threat faced by our children at the hands of evil abductors; further notes that in the United States, the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber Alert) scheme started in Texas...

That this House notes with great sadness the recent violent deaths of children and expresses its deep concern at the continued threat faced by our children at the hands of evil abductors; further notes that in the United States the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber Alert) scheme started in Texas in 1996 and now operating in 15 states, has scored great success in saving the lives of abducted children by means of early interruption of television and other media broadcasts and messages beamed onto road signs, alerting the public to the details of missing children in the crucial early hours, and that since the adoption of the scheme in California in July of this year at least 11 children have been rescued as a result of this scheme; welcomes the response of Sussex Police who are looking to replicate the success of such a scheme backed by Adur Council and other local authorities; and calls upon the Government to set up pilots across the United Kingdom to evaluate the practical implementation of such a scheme in this country as part of an urgent campaign to provide a practical response to those horrific murders and help prevent further such deaths in the future.

That this House notes with great sadness the recent violent deaths of children and expresses its deep concern at the continued threat faced by our children at the hands of evil abductors; further notes that in the United States the America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response (Amber Alert) scheme started in...

That this House notes that factual coverage of overseas development on BBC, Channel 4, and ITV fell 50 per cent. between 1989 and 1999; further notes that according to a recent survey by DfID 85 per cent. of people cite their primary source of information on developing countries as television; therefore calls on the Government to ensure that under relaxed regulation of the Draft Communications Bill there is still a formal benchmark on coverage of overseas development against which broadcasters should perform to help avoid the current decline in coverage; and therefore hopes the Government will reconsider making it a requirement for broadcasters to include international programmes, as it has with religious, arts, sport and leisure programmes, under Tier 3 of the Draft Communications Bill on non-news factual programming to bring it in line with the previous White Paper's commitment.

That this House notes that factual coverage of overseas development on BBC, Channel 4, and ITV fell 50 per cent. between 1989 and 1999; further notes that according to a recent survey by DfID 85 per cent. of people cite their primary source of information on developing countries as television;...

That this House is concerned that young people are now watching less news and current affairs programming than the average viewer; welcomes the BBC's proposals for its new free-to-air digital channel BBC Three aimed at young adults which will combine intelligent entertainment and new British drama with 30 new half-hour current affairs programmes a year and hourly news bulletins, a dedicated interactive news service and online support covering breaking news with deeper information on subjects that particularly touch younger audiences; welcomes BBC Three's firm commitment to supporting multicultural perspectives and to harnessing and reflecting the best British creative talent from around the UK; and urges the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to grant approval to BBC Three as soon as possible.

That this House is concerned that young people are now watching less news and current affairs programming than the average viewer; welcomes the BBC's proposals for its new free-to-air digital channel BBC Three aimed at young adults which will combine intelligent entertainment and new British drama with 30 new half-hour...

That this House congratulates David Beckham's England Team on their qualification for the 2002 World Cup; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to do all in its power to ensure that the World Cup finals are shown live on terrestrial television.

That this House congratulates David Beckham's England Team on their qualification for the 2002 World Cup; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to do all in its power to ensure that the World Cup finals are shown live on terrestrial television.