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MPs in revolt over product placement.(Member of Parliament)(Brief article)
Labour MPs are in revolt over the Government's refusal to allow product placement in British TV programmes.
Thirty-nine MPs, including 21 from Labour, have signed a Commons Motion urging the Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, to think again. The motion, tabled by the Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle, enjoys cross-party support.
Tory and Liberal Democrat frontbenchers have also called for the rules on product placement to be relaxed in line with an European Union directive.
MPs believe such a relaxation could ease the growing crisis in commercial broadcasting. The motion ...
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