That this House notes with concern the proposals by PA Media Ltd, trading name of the Press Association, to cut posts and merge the previously separate teams responsible for monitoring the House of Commons and House of Lords for the purposes of providing a newswire service to journalists, and reduce the number of dedicated political journalists covering Holyrood; further notes that the separation of these remits has allowed staff to ensure that updates on the organisation’s Newswire service are accurate, trusted and hugely valued by outlets who need not rely on Hansard uploads, which are not available immediately after debates; fears the merger of this work will lead to less detailed coverage of events in both Houses and little to no coverage of activity in one House if journalists are directed to focus resources differently; notes that the proposals have been strongly condemned by the National Union of Journalists as a threat to public interest journalism on democratic activity by elected officials, with the public’s ability to scrutinise parliamentarians negatively impacted if reporting on parliamentary activity is curtailed; and calls on PA Media Ltd to pause the implementation of these proposals and cuts to others in the Content team pending further meaningful discussions with the union and parliamentarians from across the two Houses and thorough consideration of alternative proposals.

That this House notes with concern the proposals by PA Media Ltd, trading name of the Press Association, to cut posts and merge the previously separate teams responsible for monitoring the House of Commons and House of Lords for the purposes of providing a newswire service to journalists, and reduce...

That this House congratulates the Press Association on the launching this week of its Inside Westminster website on the Internet, which includes a continuous live feed of the House of Commons in action as well as important Select Committees; welcomes this innovation which will be of inestimable value to Internet users; and is encouraged by this public-spirited action of the PA in bringing Parliament closer to the people.

That this House congratulates the Press Association on the launching this week of its Inside Westminster website on the Internet, which includes a continuous live feed of the House of Commons in action as well as important Select Committees; welcomes this innovation which will be of inestimable value to Internet...

That this House congratulates the electors of the London Borough of Redbridge, who have for the first time in its 30 year existence thrown out of office the Conservatives and elected a Labour-led Redbridge Council; notes that the Labour Party increased its representation from 17 to 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats went up from three to nine and the Conservatives were slashed from 43 to 24; regrets that these historic changes were not reported in the national newspaper press coverage nor in the Teletext and Ceefax results service on television due to the outmoded practices of the Press Association, who compile the results used by the media; deplores the fact that because of boundary changes affecting only three of the 21 wards in the London Borough of Redbridge the electorate of Redbridge and the country at large were only told that Redbridge had gone from Conservative to no overall control and denied the detailed knowledge that the Tories had lost 18 seats, 12 of them to Labour and six to the Liberal Democrats; and calls on the Press Association to change its practices and for the television companies and newspapers to publish full and comprehensive local results in future.

That this House congratulates the electors of the London Borough of Redbridge, who have for the first time in its 30 year existence thrown out of office the Conservatives and elected a Labour-led Redbridge Council; notes that the Labour Party increased its representation from 17 to 29 councillors, while the...