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RICHARD GOTT AND THE GUARDIAN

EDM (Early Day Motion) 249: tabled on 12 December 1994

Tabled in the 1994-95 session.

This motion has been signed by 21 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House congratulates the Spectator, The Times and Sunday Times for their part in exposing Richard Gott of the Guardian as a KGB agent of influence at the height of the Cold War; notes that such agents were not meant to be spies passing Western secrets to Moscow, but propagandists feeding Moscow disinformation to the West; views their behaviour as treacherous and subversive, though not illegal in peacetime; believes that they deserve full public exposure, even if they cannot be prosecuted; and accordingly calls on the security service to stop trying to obstruct Oleg Gordievsky, who identified the KGB's British agents of influence nearly a decade ago, in his efforts to expose these people once and for all.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.