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Homepride Campbell Soups (No. 2)

EDM number 274 in 1995-96, proposed by DN Campbell-Savours on 15/01/1996.

That this House expresses profound concern over the decision of US multinational Campbell Soups to close the Homepride plant in Maryport, Cumbria; notes that the efforts of the honourable Member for Workington to secure a reversal of the d ecision to date include: discussions with the company on the need to reverse the decision, a meeting with the Prime Minister, a visit to the Campbell Soups plant in King's Lynn to n otify the workforce on transferred production, direct appeals to the Stratford on Avon and King's Lynn workforces on the need to question Campbell Soups' activities, attendance at the Campbell Soups AGM in Camden, New Jersey, to lobby American share holders, writing to the editors of 2,300 United Kingdom local newspapers on the question of a product boycott, writing letters to 600 constituency political organisations, writing 300 letters to every major supermarket group in the United Kingdom, writing to every local authority procurement organisation in the United Kingdom, approaches to key Campbell Soups executives in the US parent company, contact with local authority representatives in Cumbria seeking the widest possible political support for the campaign, contacts with trade unions both in the USA and United Kingdom, working with European Members of Parliament on the issue of boycott, the repeated asking of questions and making of interventions in parliament including an adjourment debate; and further notes that Campbell Soups still maintain the decision is irreversible and asks them to consider Early Day Motion number 269.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dale Campbell-Savours15/01/1996WorkingtonProposed
Allan Rogers16/01/1996RhonddaSigned
Lynne Jones16/01/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ken Livingstone16/01/1996Brent EastSigned
Bill Michie16/01/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
John Cummings16/01/1996EasingtonSigned
Norman Godman16/01/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Paddy Tipping16/01/1996SherwoodSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/01/1996Islington NorthSigned
John Battle17/01/1996Leeds WestSigned
Mike Hall17/01/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Eric Clarke17/01/1996MidlothianSigned
Andrew Miller17/01/1996Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Alan Meale17/01/1996MansfieldSigned
Eric Martlew17/01/1996CarlisleSigned
Alan Simpson18/01/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner18/01/1996BolsoverSigned
Elfyn Llwyd18/01/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Neil Gerrard18/01/1996WalthamstowSigned
Win Griffiths18/01/1996BridgendSigned
Roland Boyes19/01/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Janet Anderson22/01/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Michael Clapham23/01/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Dennis Turner23/01/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Bill Etherington23/01/1996Sunderland NorthSigned
Harry Barnes23/01/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Nigel Griffiths24/01/1996Edinburgh SouthSigned
Michael Connarty24/01/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Llin Golding24/01/1996Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Keith Vaz24/01/1996Leicester EastSigned
Jon Owen Jones25/01/1996Cardiff CentralSigned
Nigel Jones25/01/1996CheltenhamSigned
Ian McCartney25/01/1996MakerfieldSigned
Colin Pickthall29/01/1996West LancashireSigned
Martin Redmond30/01/1996Don ValleySigned
Jack Thompson30/01/1996WansbeckSigned
Joe Benton31/01/1996BootleSigned
Robert Wareing06/02/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Audrey Wise06/02/1996PrestonSigned
Terry Rooney08/02/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Greg Pope15/02/1996HyndburnSigned
Calum MacDonald15/02/1996Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Alan Williams19/02/1996Swansea WestSigned
Martyn Jones28/02/1996Clwyd South WestSigned

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