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Decision Of Celtic Press To Leave Merthyr Tydfil

EDM number 1150 in 1993-94, proposed by Ted Rowlands on 29/04/1994.

That this House, noting that Thomsons Regional newspapers (Celtic Press) draws an income, advertising and readership from a number of weekly newspapers in the South Wales Valley, deplores the company's decision to transfer its production of these papers from Dowlais, Merthyr and Tydfil to Cardiff; reminds the company of the numerous leaders and new stories its papers have written highlighting and condemning other companies' decisions to desert the Valleys communities; urges the company not to betray the long standing loyalty of the Valleys communities; and calls upon Celtic Press to reconsider its decision to leave Dowlais.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ted Rowlands29/04/1994Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyProposed
Allan Rogers29/04/1994RhonddaSigned
Llew Smith29/04/1994Blaenau GwentSigned
Kim Howells29/04/1994PontypriddSigned
Paul Murphy29/04/1994TorfaenSigned
Barry Jones03/05/1994Alyn & DeesideSigned
Lynne Jones03/05/1994Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Alan Meale03/05/1994MansfieldSigned
Eric Clarke03/05/1994MidlothianSigned
John Cummings03/05/1994EasingtonSigned
Paul Flynn03/05/1994Newport WestSigned
Alan Williams03/05/1994Swansea WestSigned
Bill Michie04/05/1994Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ian McCartney04/05/1994MakerfieldSigned
Alex Carlile05/05/1994MontgomerySigned
Keith Vaz05/05/1994Leicester EastSigned
Dafydd Wigley05/05/1994CaernarfonSigned
Peter Pike09/05/1994BurnleySigned
Jeff Rooker09/05/1994Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Elfyn Llwyd11/05/1994Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
David Clelland11/05/1994Tyne BridgeSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones13/05/1994Ynys MSigned
Ken Livingstone13/05/1994Brent EastSigned
Win Griffiths16/05/1994BridgendSigned
Martyn Jones14/06/1994Clwyd South WestSigned
Kevin Barron16/06/1994Rother ValleySigned
Mike Hall22/06/1994Warrington SouthSigned

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