BBC NEWSNIGHT REPORT

Early day motion 2493, tabled 3 July 2006 by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party). Signed by 24 members.

That this House deplores the Newsnight report on 30th June when the BBC, in a vain attempt to discover anti-English antagonism in Scotland, left a car bedecked in English flags in Glasgow's Gallowgate, one of the most socially deprived areas of the United Kingdom, where it was duly vandalised; notes that this desperate measure to provoke a response followed a journey round Scotland where the BBC car was met with either bemusement, banter or indifference; believes that the BBC were clearly aware that any vehicle parked in that area bedecked in an unusual manner, be it English flags or the flag of any nation in the world, could be a target for vandals; further notes that this was clearly a set-up by the BBC to encourage anti-social behaviour in its endeavour to besmirch and tarnish the reputation of Scottish sports fans; and hopes that instead of indulging in such acts of entrapment, which fail to reflect the true position and make massive generalisations, the BBC concentrates on delivering a proper news service to its Scottish viewers.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Liberal Democrat 5, Scottish National Party 5, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.