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Future Of The Railway Manufacturing Industry

EDM number 1768 in 1992-93, proposed by Ken Eastham on 15/04/1993.

That this House is gravely concerned about the future of railway rolling stock manufacture in Great Britain; recognises that railway workshops in Derby, Crewe, and York face the grave danger of complete closure due to the lack of Government action along with British Rail's reluctance to order new rolling stock; understands that with the exception of Channel Tunnel-related activity, new investment in rail is at its lowest level since 1948 despite much of the present rolling stock being outdated and inefficient, creating low standards and serious passenger inconvenience; believes that unless immediate steps are taken to place realistic contracts all future orders would have to go to foreign manufacturers thereby increasing Britain's balance of payments problems and the loss of a highly skilled workforce; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to take immediate action to retain this industry, which is vital to the British economy along with future prospects for exporting British manufacturing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 147 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Kenneth Eastham15/04/1993Manchester, BlackleyProposed
David Hanson15/04/1993DelynSigned
Mike O'Brien15/04/1993North WarwickshireSigned
Colin Pickthall15/04/1993West LancashireSigned
Peter Pike15/04/1993BurnleySigned
Tom Pendry15/04/1993Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Greg Pope15/04/1993HyndburnSigned
Bridget Prentice15/04/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Ken Purchase15/04/1993Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Stuart Randall15/04/1993Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
John Reid15/04/1993Motherwell NorthSigned
Joan Ruddock15/04/1993Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Alan Simpson15/04/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Llew Smith15/04/1993Blaenau GwentSigned
Clive Soley15/04/1993HammersmithSigned
John Spellar15/04/1993Warley WestSigned
Peter Hardy15/04/1993WentworthSigned
Doug Henderson15/04/1993Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
John Heppell15/04/1993Nottingham EastSigned
David Hinchliffe15/04/1993WakefieldSigned
John Home Robertson15/04/1993East LothianSigned
Geoff Hoon15/04/1993AshfieldSigned
George Howarth15/04/1993Knowsley NorthSigned
Doug Hoyle15/04/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Kevin Hughes15/04/1993Doncaster NorthSigned
Robert Hughes15/04/1993Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes15/04/1993Newport EastSigned
Eric Illsley15/04/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Helen Jackson15/04/1993Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Jon Owen Jones15/04/1993Cardiff CentralSigned
Martyn Jones15/04/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Jane Kennedy15/04/1993Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Piara S Khabra15/04/1993Ealing, SouthallSigned
Peter Kilfoyle15/04/1993Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Ron Leighton15/04/1993Newham North EastSigned
Joan Lestor15/04/1993EcclesSigned
Robert Litherland15/04/1993Manchester CentralSigned
Alice Mahon15/04/1993HalifaxSigned
John Marek15/04/1993WrexhamSigned
David Marshall15/04/1993Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Jim Marshall15/04/1993Leicester SouthSigned
Michael Martin15/04/1993Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Eric Martlew15/04/1993CarlisleSigned
John Maxton15/04/1993Glasgow, CathcartSigned
Ian McCartney15/04/1993MakerfieldSigned
John McFall15/04/1993DumbartonSigned
William McKelvey15/04/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Henry McLeish15/04/1993Central FifeSigned
John McWilliam15/04/1993BlaydonSigned
Alun Michael15/04/1993Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Bill Michie15/04/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Andrew Miller15/04/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Chris Mullin15/04/1993Sunderland SouthSigned
Edward O'Hara15/04/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Bill Olner15/04/1993NuneatonSigned
Martin O'Neill15/04/1993ClackmannanSigned
Stan Orme15/04/1993Salford EastSigned
Roland Boyes15/04/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Keith Bradley15/04/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Jeremy Bray15/04/1993Motherwell SouthSigned
Stephen Byers15/04/1993WallsendSigned
Richard Caborn15/04/1993Sheffield CentralSigned
James Callaghan15/04/1993Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours15/04/1993WorkingtonSigned
Malcolm Chisholm15/04/1993Edinburgh LeithSigned
Eric Clarke15/04/1993MidlothianSigned
David Clelland15/04/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Ann Coffey15/04/1993StockportSigned
Robin Corbett15/04/1993Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jean Corston15/04/1993Bristol EastSigned
Jim Cousins15/04/1993Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Tom Cox15/04/1993TootingSigned
Jim Cunningham15/04/1993Coventry South EastSigned
Bryan Davies15/04/1993Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
John Denham15/04/1993Southampton, ItchenSigned
Brian H Donohoe15/04/1993Cunninghame SouthSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie15/04/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody15/04/1993Crewe & NantwichSigned
Angela Eagle15/04/1993WallaseySigned
Paul Flynn15/04/1993Newport WestSigned
Maria Fyfe15/04/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Neil Gerrard15/04/1993WalthamstowSigned
Llin Golding15/04/1993Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Bruce Grocott15/04/1993Wrekin, TheSigned
Peter Hain15/04/1993NeathSigned
Mike Hall15/04/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Tony Banks15/04/1993Newham North WestSigned
Kevin Barron15/04/1993Rother ValleySigned
John Battle15/04/1993Leeds WestSigned
Roger Berry15/04/1993KingswoodSigned
Clive Betts15/04/1993Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Jimmy Boyce15/04/1993RotherhamSigned
Gerry Steinberg15/04/1993Durham, City ofSigned
George Stevenson15/04/1993Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned
Jack Thompson15/04/1993WansbeckSigned
Paddy Tipping15/04/1993SherwoodSigned
Harold Walker15/04/1993Doncaster CentralSigned
Joan Walley15/04/1993Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Malcolm Wicks15/04/1993Croydon North WestSigned
Alan Williams15/04/1993Swansea WestSigned
Alan Wynne Williams15/04/1993CarmarthenSigned
David Winnick15/04/1993Walsall NorthSigned
Dennis Skinner16/04/1993BolsoverSigned
Ken Livingstone16/04/1993Brent EastSigned
Jim Dowd16/04/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Harry Barnes16/04/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Robert Parry19/04/1993Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Martin Redmond19/04/1993Don ValleySigned
Ernie Ross19/04/1993Dundee WestSigned
Keith Hill19/04/1993StreathamSigned
Glenda Jackson19/04/1993Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Lynne Jones19/04/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Liz Lynne19/04/1993RochdaleSigned
John McAllion19/04/1993Dundee EastSigned
Michael Connarty19/04/1993Falkirk EastSigned
John Cummings19/04/1993EasingtonSigned
John Evans19/04/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Donald Anderson19/04/1993Swansea EastSigned
Janet Anderson19/04/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Hugh Bayley19/04/1993York, City ofSigned
Brian Wilson19/04/1993Cunninghame NorthSigned
Jimmy Hood20/04/1993ClydesdaleSigned
Kim Howells20/04/1993PontypriddSigned
Terry Lewis20/04/1993WorsleySigned
Alan Meale20/04/1993MansfieldSigned
Ronnie Campbell20/04/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Ian Davidson20/04/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Norman Godman20/04/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Dennis Turner20/04/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Tony Worthington20/04/1993Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
John Hutton21/04/1993Barrow & FurnessSigned
Harry Cohen21/04/1993LeytonSigned
Alistair Darling21/04/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
Austin Mitchell22/04/1993Great GrimsbySigned
Richard Burden22/04/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Bill Etherington22/04/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Win Griffiths22/04/1993BridgendSigned
Alex Carlile26/04/1993MontgomerySigned
Max Madden27/04/1993Bradford WestSigned
Alan Milburn27/04/1993DarlingtonSigned
Lewis Moonie27/04/1993KirkcaldySigned
Michael Clapham27/04/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Denzil Davies27/04/1993LlanelliSigned
Irene Adams27/04/1993Paisley NorthSigned
Diane Abbott06/05/1993Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
John Gunnell10/05/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Jo Richardson12/05/1993BarkingSigned

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