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Cumbria Factory Closures (No.2.)

EDM number 1300 in 1992-93, proposed by DN Campbell-Savours on 02/02/1993.

That this House notes that the closure of the Circuit Foil UK plant in West Cumbria will be followed by substantial new investment in the company's No. 2 plant at Wilz in Luxembourg; questions whether the company has fully considered the financial implications of this investment for Arbed SA of Luxembourg, the main shareholder; believes that levels of productivity at the West Cumberland plant are the jewel in the crown of the group's European operations far exceeding those attained in the Wilz No. 2 plant; is convinced that the group's accountants have miserably failed to appreciate the competitive exchange rate conditions in the UK which must have a direct bearing on the company's export prices; recognises that the cost advantage of the currency, the higher levels of productivity and the current investment profile of the West Cumberland plant all point to the need for a rethink by Arbed of their decision to close their West Cumbria operations; calls upon the main board to release all documents relating to this decision, in particular their comparative assessments of the benefits derived from the rationalisation options that have been considered; and questions whether the Luxembourg Government, as a major shareholder in Arbed, is aware of the decisions that have been taken in its name.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dale Campbell-Savours02/02/1993WorkingtonProposed
John Hutton03/02/1993Barrow & FurnessSeconded
Paul Flynn03/02/1993Newport WestSeconded
Derek Fatchett03/02/1993Leeds CentralSeconded
Brian Sedgemore03/02/1993Hackney South & ShoreditchSeconded
George Foulkes03/02/1993Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySeconded
Tommy Graham03/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Edward O'Hara03/02/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
John Garrett03/02/1993Norwich SouthSigned
Mike Gapes03/02/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Maria Fyfe03/02/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Brian H Donohoe03/02/1993Cunninghame SouthSigned
Jim Cunningham03/02/1993Coventry South EastSigned
Michael Connarty03/02/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/02/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Richard Caborn03/02/1993Sheffield CentralSigned
Roland Boyes03/02/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
George Galloway03/02/1993Glasgow HillheadSigned
Irene Adams03/02/1993Paisley NorthSigned
Nick Ainger03/02/1993PembrokeSigned
Peter Hain03/02/1993NeathSigned
Joe Ashton03/02/1993BassetlawSigned
Harry Barnes03/02/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Tony Benn03/02/1993ChesterfieldSigned
Paul Boateng03/02/1993Brent SouthSigned
Jimmy Boyce03/02/1993RotherhamSigned
Keith Vaz03/02/1993Leicester EastSigned
David Winnick03/02/1993Walsall NorthSigned
Tony Worthington03/02/1993Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
James Wray03/02/1993Glasgow ProvanSigned
Bill Michie03/02/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Raymond Powell03/02/1993OgmoreSigned
Dawn Primarolo03/02/1993Bristol SouthSigned
John Reid03/02/1993Motherwell NorthSigned
Ernie Ross03/02/1993Dundee WestSigned
Rachel Squire03/02/1993Dunfermline WestSigned
Doug Henderson03/02/1993Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
David Hinchliffe03/02/1993WakefieldSigned
John Home Robertson03/02/1993East LothianSigned
Robert Hughes03/02/1993Aberdeen NorthSigned
Adam Ingram03/02/1993East KilbrideSigned
Jon Owen Jones03/02/1993Cardiff CentralSigned
Lynne Jones03/02/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Henry McLeish03/02/1993Central FifeSigned
Piara S Khabra03/02/1993Ealing, SouthallSigned
Andrew Miller03/02/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Alan Meale03/02/1993MansfieldSigned
William McKelvey03/02/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Ian McCartney03/02/1993MakerfieldSigned
John McAllion03/02/1993Dundee EastSigned
Eric Martlew03/02/1993CarlisleSigned
Calum MacDonald03/02/1993Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Ken Livingstone03/02/1993Brent EastSigned
Joan Lestor03/02/1993EcclesSigned
Peter Kilfoyle03/02/1993Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Alice Mahon04/02/1993HalifaxSigned
Jack Thompson04/02/1993WansbeckSigned
John Gunnell04/02/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Norman Godman04/02/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
John Evans04/02/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Ian Davidson04/02/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
David Clelland04/02/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Terry Lewis04/02/1993WorsleySigned
Eric Illsley04/02/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Dennis Skinner04/02/1993BolsoverSigned
Allan Rogers04/02/1993RhonddaSigned
Gordon Prentice04/02/1993PendleSigned
Peter Pike04/02/1993BurnleySigned
Michael Clapham04/02/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Alan Simpson05/02/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Peter Hardy08/02/1993WentworthSigned
Tony Banks08/02/1993Newham North WestSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie08/02/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Cummings08/02/1993EasingtonSigned
Eddie Loyden08/02/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Geoff Hoon09/02/1993AshfieldSigned
Martyn Jones09/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Paul Murphy09/02/1993TorfaenSigned
Robert Wareing24/02/1993Liverpool, West DerbySigned

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