PARTY POLITICAL BROADCASTS

Early day motion 668, tabled 21 January 1998 by Roseanna Cunningham (Scottish National Party). Signed by 5 members.

That this House condemns the proposal for the BBC and ITC to withdraw party political broadcasts outwith election periods; further condemns the process by which this recommendation has been made without reference to Parliament; calls for the continuation of party political broadcasts between elections; and suggests that broadcasters focus their discussions on finding additional ways of involving and educating viewers in politics and the political process rather than trying to abdicate their responsibility.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 3, Labour 2.