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W.l. Gore And Associates

EDM number 1197 in 2006-07, proposed by Jim Devine on 21/03/2007.

That this House congratulates W.L. Gore & Associates for topping The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For survey for the fourth year running; notes that their success is based on valuing their staff and creating an ethos where all staff feel part of a collective enterprise; commends them on the important role they play in the local economies of Livingston and Dundee, where their factories are based; notes that many staff with W.L. Gore stay for years due to the positive working environment; and urges other companies to follow the example set by W.L. Gore and to work harder to improve the working environment for their staff.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jim Devine21/03/2007LivingstonLabourProposed
Jim McGovern21/03/2007Dundee WestLabourSeconded
Daniel Kawczynski21/03/2007Shrewsbury and AtchamConservativeSeconded
Gordon Prentice21/03/2007PendleLabourSeconded
Frank Doran21/03/2007Aberdeen NorthLabourSeconded
Stephen Pound21/03/2007Ealing NorthLabourSeconded
George Howarth21/03/2007Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Lynne Jones22/03/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Meale22/03/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Ann Cryer22/03/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley22/03/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Derek Conway23/03/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock26/03/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn26/03/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins27/03/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty27/03/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin27/03/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Nigel Evans27/03/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
John Leech27/03/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey28/03/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis28/03/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/04/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jo Swinson16/04/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne18/04/2007Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
John Hemming19/04/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson01/05/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kitty UssherUnknownWithdrawn

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