20th ANNIVERSARY OF SKY NEWS

Early day motion 719, tabled 9 February 2009 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 27 members.

That this House celebrates that Sky News has been on air for 20 years; congratulates Sky News on the great successes it has had since it was first launched in1989, having won a total of 21 Royal Television Society awards, including news channel of the year for six out of seven years between 2002 and 2008; and sincerely hopes that Sky News will continue to bring informative and thought provoking television to our screens.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 3, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 1.