RETIREMENT OF PETER YOUNG FROM THE EVENING CHRONICLE IN NEWCASTLE

Early day motion 535, tabled 21 January 2009 by David Anderson (Labour). Signed by 9 members.

That this House wishes to mark the retirement of Peter Young as the political editor of the Evening Chronicle, based in Newcastle; notes that Peter enjoyed a long career as a journalist, including stints at the Evening Mail, Birmingham, Express and Star, Wolverhampton and Shields Gazette, South Shields, before joining the Evening Chronicle as a general news reporter in 1975, becoming its municipal editor and then its political editor for a quarter of a century; believes that journalists like Peter play a vital role in making local and regional newspapers such an important part of democracy and accountability in the UK; and further wishes Peter a long and happy retirement.

Signatures by party: Labour 7, Liberal Democrat 2.