Parliamentary search - BBC Local Radio

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

526 c197-221WH

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Roger Gale | 526 c202WH (Link to this contribution) I start with a tribute to the BBC, and a thank you. Apart from two years spent floating up and down ...

Luciana Berger | 526 c202WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentioned Liverpool. Although Liverpool has a plethora of commercial radio statio...

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Angela C Smith | 526 c200-1WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I shall refer to the role that Radio Sheffield played during...

Speaker | 526 c202WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I note that many hon. Members want to speak, and that there are 50 minutes remaining.

Angela C Smith | 526 c199-200WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) on securing this debate, and I echo h...

Tony Cunningham | 526 c200WH (Link to this contribution) I listened carefully to what the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) said. I fully endorse a...

Therese Coffey | 526 c197-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to be speaking under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I thank Mr Speaker for granting ...

Roger Gale | 526 c203WH (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point. BBC local radio is still the only truly speech-based radio service. The hon. M...

Tony Cunningham | 526 c214WH (Link to this contribution) We have talked about flooding and other crises, but we tend to forget the huge crisis that hit the f...

Alec Shelbrooke | 526 c214WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Memb...

Jason McCartney | 526 c215WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has hit the nail on the head. It is all about financial choice. The BBC Democracy Liv...

Alec Shelbrooke | 526 c214-5WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. That example shows how important local radio is. I raise those subjects because I want ...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 526 c217WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is correct in his comments about the rigour, impartiality and accuracy that under...

Andrew George | 526 c217WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a vital point. Without local reporting, including BBC local radio, where wo...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 526 c216WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) on securing this debate and on her sp...

Alec Shelbrooke | 526 c215-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that our written media give more than enough coverage to European matters, and the BBC doe...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 526 c216-7WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. That is a really important point about the BBC's local service...

Tony Cunningham | 526 c216WH (Link to this contribution) May I go a stage further? For many people who are elderly, disabled or housebound, local radio is no...

Alec Shelbrooke | 526 c219WH (Link to this contribution) I just want to respond to the Minister's comments about how BBC 6 Music was due to be closed down an...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 526 c218-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin) for those questions and to my hon. Fr...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 526 c217-8WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an important point, and I will expand on it in a minute. The BBC also has a dut...

Therese Coffey | 526 c217WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is a contradiction that the BBC is spending money moving TV pr...

Roger Gale | 526 c203-4WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that entirely. The BBC has a long and proud tradition of regional broadcasting centres. Man...

Graham Stringer | 526 c203WH (Link to this contribution) There is a long answer to that. Surely the hon. Gentleman believes that the title British Broadcasti...

Alec Shelbrooke | 526 c204WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the vital point of phone-in shows during moments of grief is to p...

Steve Rotheram | 526 c204WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate the hon. Member for Suf...

Steve Rotheram | 526 c204-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. That is the crux of the matter. Although people can phone na...

Jason McCartney | 526 c206WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very good point. The ““Meet Your MP”” slot lasts an hour and is all speech; t...

Duncan Hames | 526 c206WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, in our soundbite era, BBC local radio is often the only media ou...

Luciana Berger | 526 c207WH (Link to this contribution) We have heard lots of contributions from hon. Members about the coverage of football on local radio,...

Nicholas Dakin | 526 c206-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate the hon. Member for Suf...

Nicholas Dakin | 526 c208WH (Link to this contribution) Of course our constituents can tune into Radio Lincolnshire—they have the freedom to tune their radi...

Martin Vickers | 526 c207WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with much of what the hon. Gentleman says, but does he acknowledge that his constituents, li...

Nicholas Dakin | 526 c207WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate Merseyside on being top of the league. In Scunthorpe, the local speedway group and th...

Andrew George | 526 c211-2WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey). I have enjoyed coming to her weekly—...

Steve Brine | 526 c209-11WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree, and I will explain why in more detail later. What I am saying, however, is that ...

Roger Gale | 526 c209WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making much more eloquently than I did the case that I was trying to make. Does he...

Robin Walker | 526 c212-4WH (Link to this contribution) I start by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey). Like her, I spe...

Andrew George | 526 c212WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We are blessed in Cornwall. I might challenge the hon. Member for Liverpool...

Duncan Hames | 526 c212WH (Link to this contribution) In Corsham, Winsley, Chippenham and Holt, the signature of BBC Wiltshire is its reach into rural com...

Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 526 c219-21WH (Link to this contribution) I am not sure whether my hon. Friend meant ““duplicity”” or ““duplication””. ““Duplicity”” may have ...

Jason McCartney | 526 c205-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Memb...

Steve Brine | 526 c208-9WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey) for securing the de...

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