NEW BBC SCOTLAND CHANNEL

Early day motion 2148, tabled 5 March 2019 by Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 9 members.

That this House commends the new BBC Scotland channel for its successful broadcast debut; notes the variety of programmes this service will include and the important economic and creative contribution that the new programmes commissioned for this channel will bring to Scotland’s production sector; congratulates the channel on being the third-most watched channel in Scotland on its launch night reaching more 16 to 34-year-olds in Scotland than any other channel; recognises the significant contribution that this new service will make to Scotland’s media landscape; and offers its continued support and best wishes to all those at the BBC and companies in Scotland’s independent production sector for the continued success of the new service.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 5, Liberal Democrat 2, DUP 1, Labour 1.