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Patent Office And Welsh Health Common Services Authority

EDM number 612 in 1995-96, proposed by Alex Carlile on 13/03/1996.

That this House commends the Patent Office and Welsh Health Common Services Authority for the contribution which they make; notes the Government's intention to contract out some of the services which is provides; condemns the Government for causing a great deal of insecurity and uncertainty for the people who work in these offices; further notes and condemns the refusal of Department of Trade and Industry Ministers to hold meetings with the trade union representatives of the Patent Office to discuss the future of the 960 employees; notes the lobby of Parliament by Patent Office employees on 20th March 1996; and calls upon the Government to scrap plans to contract out wholesale the services of the Patent Office and Welsh Health Common Services Authority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 21 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alex Carlile13/03/1996MontgomeryProposed
Nick Harvey13/03/1996North DevonSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/03/1996Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Paul Flynn13/03/1996Newport WestSigned
Dafydd Wigley14/03/1996CaernarfonSigned
Peter Hardy18/03/1996WentworthSigned
Russell Johnston18/03/1996Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Lynne Jones18/03/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Rhodri Morgan19/03/1996Cardiff WestSigned
Nigel Jones19/03/1996CheltenhamSigned
John Heppell19/03/1996Nottingham EastSigned
Kim Howells20/03/1996PontypriddSigned
Ken Livingstone20/03/1996Brent EastSigned
Mike Hall20/03/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Win Griffiths21/03/1996BridgendSigned
Paul Murphy27/03/1996TorfaenSigned
John Gunnell27/03/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Martyn Jones23/04/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Ann Clwyd10/05/1996Cynon ValleySigned
Don Touhig15/05/1996IslwynSigned

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