That this House is concerned to hear of plans by London News Network to axe the London political programme Crosstalk; believes that with the advent of a new Mayor and Assembly for the capital it is vital that the electorate is as informed as possible on the key political matters; and calls on London News Network and London Weekend Television to reconsider this decision, or, at the very least, give a firm commitment that any replacement for Crosstalk contains a majority element of political debate and discussion.

That this House is concerned to hear of plans by London News Network to axe the London political programme Crosstalk; believes that with the advent of a new Mayor and Assembly for the capital it is vital that the electorate is as informed as possible on the key political matters;...

That this House views the television franchise as a precious opportunity to serve and considers that a television company is a corporate endeavour to produce quality television, to serve the region, upgrade television skills and train, stimulate and sustain televisual excellence, not a machinery for gratifying corporate greed; deplores the crass personal lust for money demonstrated by senior executives at London Weekend Television who, at a time when television companies have been shedding staff, freezing programme and production budgets and resorting to lowest common denominator programming, have covertly shared between themselves the ??55 million jackpot exposed in The Independent on Saturday 8th May, so that Christopher Bland gets ??7 million, Greg Dyke ??5.3 million, Ron Miller ??5.3 million, Brian Tesler ??5.3 million, Melvyn Bragg ??2.2 million, Nick Elliott ??2.2 million, Robin Paxton ??1.6 million, John Kay Cooper ??1.3 million, Barry Cox ??1.2 million and Mike Southgate ??1.2 million; urges all the above to reconsider the sordid example this sets and devote the money to the furtherance of excellence in television rather than their own gratification and considers that they should remember that if television has a mission to explain so do they; and urges the Independent Television Commission, at a time when some companies are struggling financially, to act to stop commercial television becoming a split-level system of self-enrichment for some and bankrupcy for others all with no regard to the interests of the viewer.

That this House views the television franchise as a precious opportunity to serve and considers that a television company is a corporate endeavour to produce quality television, to serve the region, upgrade television skills and train, stimulate and sustain televisual excellence, not a machinery for gratifying corporate greed; deplores the...

That this House believes the choice of the Secretary of State for the Environment to deliver this year's LWT London Lectures to have been an act of political partiality which debases the value of the lecture; notes that the Secretary of State offered nothing more than a miserable apologia for 12 years of Thatcherite policies which have created so much distress, inefficiency and squalor amongst London's services and citizens; notes the overwhelming case for restoring strategic city-wide local government in London as demanded by all independent and authoritative experts; and calls upon LWT to stage a second 1991 London Lecture to restore political balance before returning to a non-partisan format in future years.

That this House believes the choice of the Secretary of State for the Environment to deliver this year's LWT London Lectures to have been an act of political partiality which debases the value of the lecture; notes that the Secretary of State offered nothing more than a miserable apologia for...

That this House condemns London Weekend Television for political bias in arranging a lecture on London by the Environment Secretary and broadcasting it without any equivalent time for Labour policies for London to be promoted; notes that to date Conservative Ministers have not presented to Parliament any co-ordinated plans for the future of London and so concludes that the broadcast amounts to little more than a party political broadcast; and suspects that this bias is the price LWT has had to pay for its franchise.

That this House condemns London Weekend Television for political bias in arranging a lecture on London by the Environment Secretary and broadcasting it without any equivalent time for Labour policies for London to be promoted; notes that to date Conservative Ministers have not presented to Parliament any co-ordinated plans for...