NEWS OF THE WORLD

Early day motion 2054, tabled 11 July 2011 by Austin Mitchell (Labour). Signed by 26 members.

That this House condemns the sacking of over 200 journalists and staff at the News of the World (NotW); supports the National Union of Journalists inits campaign to help journalists facing compulsory redundancy at the NotW; believes that shutting the NotW is an act of political opportunism by News International (NI); notes that the Chief Executive of NI, Rebekah Brooks, was Editor of theNotW at a time when alleged hacking of mobile telephones was underway; calls for a full public investigation into the apparent systematic abuses at the top of the operation run by both Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson; and welcomes the referral to the Competition Commission of the takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation.

Signatures by party: Labour 22, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1.