DEMOCRACY LIVE INITIATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS

Early day motion 2245, tabled 9 November 2009 by Lord Mann (Labour). Signed by 17 members.

That this House congratulates the BBC's web-casting initiative Democracy Live; believes this will help build citizenship and provide vital information to citizens across the UK; notes that video can be embedded into the websites of Members of the European Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament and Assembly Members; further notes that this is not the case for the UK Parliament; and urges the BBC and parliamentary authorities to ensure that parliamentary debates are able to be embedded in third party websites and as open and accessible as possible.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 2, Independent 2.