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Closure Of Brewery In Halifax

EDM number 288 in 1995-96, proposed by Alice Mahon on 16/01/1996.

That this House is dismayed at the decision taken by Scottish Courage to axe 1,600 jobs nationally; is appalled at the proposal to close the Fountain Head brewery in Halifax with the loss of over two hundred jobs; notes that the productivity per employee at the Halifax brewery is higher than any in the group; and calls upon Scottish Courage to reverse its decision on all these closures.

This motion has been signed by a total of 97 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alice Mahon16/01/1996HalifaxProposed
Angela Eagle16/01/1996WallaseySigned
Bill Olner16/01/1996NuneatonSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody16/01/1996Crewe & NantwichSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie16/01/1996Glasgow, PollokSigned
Brian H Donohoe16/01/1996Cunninghame SouthSigned
Terry Davis16/01/1996Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Jim Cunningham16/01/1996Coventry South EastSigned
John Cummings16/01/1996EasingtonSigned
Jean Corston16/01/1996Bristol EastSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/01/1996Islington NorthSigned
Frank Cook16/01/1996Stockton NorthSigned
Harry Cohen16/01/1996LeytonSigned
Ann Coffey16/01/1996StockportSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours16/01/1996WorkingtonSigned
James Callaghan16/01/1996Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Nick Brown16/01/1996Newcastle upon Tyne EastSigned
Colin Pickthall16/01/1996West LancashireSigned
John Battle16/01/1996Leeds WestSigned
James Wray16/01/1996Glasgow ProvanSigned
Audrey Wise16/01/1996PrestonSigned
David Winnick16/01/1996Walsall NorthSigned
Dennis Turner16/01/1996Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Jack Thompson16/01/1996WansbeckSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe16/01/1996Bradford SouthSigned
Clive Betts16/01/1996Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Tony Benn16/01/1996ChesterfieldSigned
Kenneth Eastham16/01/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Mike Hall16/01/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Graham Allen16/01/1996Nottingham NorthSigned
Irene Adams16/01/1996Paisley NorthSigned
Diane Abbott16/01/1996Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Neil Gerrard16/01/1996WalthamstowSigned
Maria Fyfe16/01/1996Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Derek Fatchett16/01/1996Leeds CentralSigned
Brian Sedgemore16/01/1996Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
David Hinchliffe16/01/1996WakefieldSigned
Keith Hill16/01/1996StreathamSigned
John Heppell16/01/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Peter Hardy16/01/1996WentworthSigned
John Spellar16/01/1996Warley WestSigned
Llew Smith16/01/1996Blaenau GwentSigned
Dennis Skinner16/01/1996BolsoverSigned
Barry Sheerman16/01/1996HuddersfieldSigned
Chris Mullin16/01/1996Sunderland SouthSigned
Terry Rooney16/01/1996Bradford NorthSigned
John Reid16/01/1996Motherwell NorthSigned
Ken Purchase16/01/1996Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Bridget Prentice16/01/1996Lewisham EastSigned
Greg Pope16/01/1996HyndburnSigned
Robert Parry16/01/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Peter Pike16/01/1996BurnleySigned
Kevin Hughes16/01/1996Doncaster NorthSigned
Doug Hoyle16/01/1996Warrington NorthSigned
Bill O'Brien16/01/1996NormantonSigned
George Mudie16/01/1996Leeds EastSigned
Bill Michie16/01/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
William McKelvey16/01/1996Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Ian McCartney16/01/1996MakerfieldSigned
Jim Marshall16/01/1996Leicester SouthSigned
John Marek16/01/1996WrexhamSigned
Andrew MacKinlay16/01/1996ThurrockSigned
Tony Lloyd16/01/1996StretfordSigned
Ken Livingstone16/01/1996Brent EastSigned
Robert Litherland16/01/1996Manchester CentralSigned
Peter Kilfoyle16/01/1996Liverpool, WaltonSigned
David Jamieson16/01/1996Plymouth, DevonportSigned
Helen Jackson16/01/1996Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
John Hutton16/01/1996Barrow & FurnessSigned
Alan Williams17/01/1996Swansea WestSigned
Mike Watson17/01/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Gerry Steinberg17/01/1996Durham, City ofSigned
Roger Godsiff17/01/1996Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Norman Godman17/01/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Keith Bradley17/01/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ann Clwyd17/01/1996Cynon ValleySigned
John McAllion17/01/1996Dundee EastSigned
Helen Liddell17/01/1996Monklands EastSigned
Lynne Jones17/01/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ernie Ross17/01/1996Dundee WestSigned
Max Madden17/01/1996Bradford WestSigned
Malcolm Chisholm17/01/1996Edinburgh LeithSigned
Alan Simpson18/01/1996Nottingham SouthSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe18/01/1996LeighSigned
Roland Boyes19/01/1996Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Janet Anderson22/01/1996Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Donald Anderson22/01/1996Swansea EastSigned
Eric Illsley23/01/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Michael Clapham23/01/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Harry Barnes23/01/1996North East DerbyshireSigned
Nigel Griffiths24/01/1996Edinburgh SouthSigned
Rachel Squire25/01/1996Dunfermline WestSigned
Austin Mitchell26/06/1996Great GrimsbySigned
Eddie LoydenUnknownWithdrawn
Eric ClarkeUnknownWithdrawn
Bill EtheringtonUnknownWithdrawn
John EvansUnknownWithdrawn

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