Closure Of Elstree Film Studios

EDM number 2399 in 1992-93, proposed by Bob Cryer on 22/07/1993.

That this House regrets the closure of Elstree Film Studios, formerly a major centre of British film production including the first British sound film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and recently a series of major features directed by Stephen Spielberg who admired the compact but comprehensive facilities and the high quality of British technicians; expresses deep concern that this studio closure will further erode employment of such technicians and the maintenance of their skils; bitterly condemns the unscrupulous and unprincipled capitalist concerns involved in the break up and dismemberment of the site, including the sale of a major British film archive dating back to 1895; and expresses admiration for studio managers, workers, directors, artistes and others who produced so many high quality films and who fought against the greed and incompetence which brought closure ironically at a time of high bookings for British film studios.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Cryer	22/07/1993	Bradford South		Proposed
Diane Abbott	22/07/1993	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
George Galloway	22/07/1993	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Bill Etherington	22/07/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Michael Clapham	22/07/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Michael Martin	22/07/1993	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
Terry Lewis	22/07/1993	Worsley		Signed
Kevin Hughes	22/07/1993	Doncaster North		Signed
Jimmy Hood	22/07/1993	Clydesdale		Signed
John Heppell	22/07/1993	Nottingham East		Signed
Dennis Skinner	22/07/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Terry Rooney	22/07/1993	Bradford North		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	23/07/1993	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	23/07/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	23/07/1993	Leigh		Signed
Frank Cook	23/07/1993	Stockton North		Signed
David Clelland	23/07/1993	Tyne Bridge		Signed
John Evans	23/07/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Maria Fyfe	23/07/1993	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Norman Godman	23/07/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Tony Banks	23/07/1993	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	23/07/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Joan Walley	23/07/1993	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Mike Watson	23/07/1993	Glasgow Central		Signed
Audrey Wise	23/07/1993	Preston		Signed
Eric Clarke	23/07/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	23/07/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Jeff Rooker	23/07/1993	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
Ernie Ross	23/07/1993	Dundee West		Signed
Peter Hardy	23/07/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Kim Howells	23/07/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Lynne Jones	23/07/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ken Livingstone	23/07/1993	Brent East		Signed
Eddie Loyden	23/07/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Alice Mahon	23/07/1993	Halifax		Signed
John McAllion	23/07/1993	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	23/07/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Alan Meale	23/07/1993	Mansfield		Signed
Bill Michie	23/07/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Keith Bradley	23/07/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Andrew Faulds	26/07/1993	Warley East		Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/07/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
John Gunnell	26/07/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Janet Anderson	26/07/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Jack Thompson	26/07/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	26/07/1993	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Angela Eagle	26/07/1993	Wallasey		Signed
Jim Dowd	26/07/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
John Cummings	26/07/1993	Easington		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	26/07/1993	Cardiff West		Signed
Ian McCartney	26/07/1993	Makerfield		Signed
Eric Illsley	26/07/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Hugh Bayley	27/07/1993	York, City of		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/07/1993	Islington North		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	27/07/1993	Thurrock		Signed
Peter Pike	27/07/1993	Burnley		Signed
Mike Hall	18/10/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Jimmy Boyce	19/10/1993	Rotherham		Signed
Michael Connarty	20/10/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Alex Carlile	25/10/1993	Montgomery		Signed

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