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Moratorium On Pit Closures

EDM number 627 in 1991-92, proposed by Kevin Barron on 05/02/1992.

That this House believes that the United Kingdom coal industry is the cheapest and most efficient in Europe; agrees with the EC Energy Commissioner that Europe needs to sustain the British coal industry which is a vital energy source for the United Kingdom and the EC as a whole; supports the European Parliament group of mining area MEPs and the coalfield communities campaign; and joins them in calling on the Government to declare a moratorium on pit closures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kevin Barron05/02/1992Rother ValleyProposed
Terry Patchett05/02/1992Barnsley EastSigned
Dennis Turner05/02/1992Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Joe Ashton05/02/1992BassetlawSigned
Hilary Armstrong05/02/1992North West DurhamSigned
Peter Hain05/02/1992NeathSigned
Graham Allen05/02/1992Nottingham NorthSigned
Llin Golding05/02/1992Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Mark Fisher05/02/1992Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Derek Enright05/02/1992HemsworthSigned
Alexander Eadie05/02/1992MidlothianSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe05/02/1992LeighSigned
David Clelland05/02/1992Tyne BridgeSigned
Ronnie Campbell05/02/1992Blyth ValleySigned
Edward O'Hara05/02/1992Knowsley SouthSigned
Bill O'Brien05/02/1992NormantonSigned
Rhodri Morgan05/02/1992Cardiff WestSigned
Allan Rogers05/02/1992RhonddaSigned
Ted Rowlands05/02/1992Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Dennis Skinner05/02/1992BolsoverSigned
John Smith05/02/1992Vale of GlamorganSigned
David Hinchliffe05/02/1992WakefieldSigned
Jimmy Hood05/02/1992ClydesdaleSigned
Kim Howells05/02/1992PontypriddSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse05/02/1992Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Alice Mahon05/02/1992HalifaxSigned
John Marek05/02/1992WrexhamSigned
Alan Meale05/02/1992MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie05/02/1992Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Paul Murphy05/02/1992TorfaenSigned
Harry Barnes06/02/1992North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman06/02/1992Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans06/02/1992St Helens NorthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie06/02/1992Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Cummings06/02/1992EasingtonSigned
Keith Bradley06/02/1992Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn06/02/1992Islington NorthSigned
Elliot Morley06/02/1992Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Frank Cook06/02/1992Stockton NorthSigned
Ernie Ross06/02/1992Dundee WestSigned
Eric Illsley06/02/1992Barnsley CentralSigned
John McAllion06/02/1992Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey06/02/1992Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Chris Smith07/02/1992Islington South & FinsburySigned
Dave Nellist07/02/1992Coventry South EastSigned
Peter Hardy10/02/1992WentworthSigned
Ian McCartney10/02/1992MakerfieldSigned
Kenneth Eastham10/02/1992Manchester, BlackleySigned
Win Griffiths10/02/1992BridgendSigned
Donald Anderson10/02/1992Swansea EastSigned
Alan Wynne Williams10/02/1992CarmarthenSigned
John Battle11/02/1992Leeds WestSigned
Irene Adams11/02/1992Paisley NorthSigned
Joan Lestor11/02/1992EcclesSigned
Harry Cohen11/02/1992LeytonSigned
Roy Hughes11/02/1992Newport EastSigned
Robert Parry11/02/1992Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Eddie Loyden12/02/1992Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Gerry Steinberg12/02/1992Durham, City ofSigned
Jack Thompson12/02/1992WansbeckSigned
Sylvia Heal13/02/1992Staffordshire MidSigned
Terry Lewis13/02/1992WorsleySigned
Peter Pike14/02/1992BurnleySigned
Tony Lloyd14/02/1992StretfordSigned
Audrey Wise17/02/1992PrestonSigned
Denzil Davies18/02/1992LlanelliSigned
Joyce Quin20/02/1992Gateshead EastSigned
Ron Davies20/02/1992CaerphillySigned
Max Madden24/02/1992Bradford WestSigned
Tommy Graham27/02/1992Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned

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