MEDIA CITY AT SALFORD QUAYS

Early day motion 2745, tabled 16 October 2006 by Helen Southworth (Labour). Signed by 164 members.

That this House supports plans to create a world-class media city at Salford Quays; recognises that Media City will be hugely important to the North West and the wider North of England, creating up to 15,500 jobs and benefiting the economy of the whole country by £200 million per annum; further recognises that Media City will nurture a vibrant independent sector of creative companies and attract global operators in the new media industries to the UK; believes that participation by the BBC in Media City will provide significant financial and creative benefits to the Corporation and deliver robust value for money; further believes that the governors of the BBC must realise their stated objectives of a BBC connected to the nations and regions and the move of significant parts of the BBC production base out of London; and calls on the BBC to honour its commitment to the 14.4 million licence fee payers living in the North by confirming participation in Media City.

Signatures by party: Labour 130, Conservative 16, Liberal Democrat 14, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.