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Rosyth Royal Dockyard:the Role Of Mr. George Allin

EDM number 1237 in 1992-93, proposed by Henry McLeish on 25/01/1993.

That this House is concerned that the Director General Ship Refitting, George Allin, who has played a leading and intimate role in assessing, and directing the handling of bids by both Rosyth Royal Dockyard and Devonport Royal Dockyard on behalf of the Ministry of Defence and the Secretary of State for Defence and was intimately involved in Rosyth's negotiations on their bid submission, was employed by Brown and Root Ltd. the leading member of Devonport Management Ltd., from 1987 to 1989 on secondment from the Ministry of Defence immediately before he became Director General Ship Refitting; notes that through DML, Brown and Root took control of Devonport Dockyard in April 1987, and is now extremely well-placed to buy Devonport after the Secretary of State offers the royal dockyards up for sale in the private sector; acknowledges that Mr Allin was educated and trained at Devonport High School and Devonport Dockyard Technical College and worked at Devonport from 1968 to 1975, Who's Who 1992; believes a direct conflict of interest could exist if his report recommended that Devonport get the nuclear refit work whilst Rosyth was to be given a five years package of surface ship work in compensation; regrets the key role of Mr George Allin in the competition between Rosyth Dockyard and Devonport Dockyard for nuclear refit work; and urges the Secretary of State for Defence to make an early statement about the issue.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Henry McLeish25/01/1993Central FifeProposed
Ernie Ross25/01/1993Dundee WestSigned
Rachel Squire25/01/1993Dunfermline WestSigned
Jimmy Hood25/01/1993ClydesdaleSigned
John Maxton25/01/1993Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Lewis Moonie25/01/1993KirkcaldySigned
Eric Clarke25/01/1993MidlothianSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie25/01/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Michael Clapham26/01/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jim Dowd26/01/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Michael Connarty26/01/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe26/01/1993LeighSigned
Ian Davidson26/01/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
John Evans26/01/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe26/01/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Janet Anderson26/01/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Tony Banks26/01/1993Newham North WestSigned
William McKelvey26/01/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion26/01/1993Dundee EastSigned
Adam Ingram26/01/1993East KilbrideSigned
Eric Illsley26/01/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Robert Hughes26/01/1993Aberdeen NorthSigned
John Home Robertson26/01/1993East LothianSigned
Peter Hardy26/01/1993WentworthSigned
Gordon Prentice26/01/1993PendleSigned
Peter Pike26/01/1993BurnleySigned
Alan Meale26/01/1993MansfieldSigned
Norman Godman27/01/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Alistair Darling27/01/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
John Cummings27/01/1993EasingtonSigned
David Marshall27/01/1993Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Martin Redmond27/01/1993Don ValleySigned
Terry Lewis28/01/1993WorsleySigned
Eddie Loyden28/01/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ian McCartney28/01/1993MakerfieldSigned
Jack Thompson28/01/1993WansbeckSigned
Keith Vaz28/01/1993Leicester EastSigned
Bridget Prentice29/01/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Mike Watson29/01/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Paul Flynn03/02/1993Newport WestSigned
Jo Richardson05/02/1993BarkingSigned
Martyn Jones09/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Norman Hogg15/02/1993Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Tommy Graham25/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours04/03/1993WorkingtonSigned

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