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BBC KNOWLEDGE

EDM (Early Day Motion) 731A1: tabled on 17 June 1999

Tabled in the 1998-99 session.

This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It is an amendment to an existing motion.

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

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Dame Anne Begg on 16 June 1999. This is amendment number 1.

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Suggested amendment

at end add 'but notes that BBC Knowledge will not be the Government's provider for the National Grid for Learning which calls into question whether the BBC is fulfilling its remit as a public service broadcaster.'.

Original motion text

That this House welcomes the launch of BBC Knowledge, the BBC's new digital education service, which aims to provide practical learning that can make a difference to a broad audience; noting the desire of all honourable Members to raise educational standards, hopes that BBC Knowledge will combine the Corporation's traditional strengths in programming with the interactive potential of digital television and the Internet to create a useful new way to learn; and calls upon the Government to ensure the BBC makes BBC Knowledge available to a wide audience.

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There are no withdrawn signatures for this amendment.