Army Uniforms Cut And Sew Contract

EDM number 1696 in 2007-08, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 04/06/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Armed forces.

That this House notes that the cut and sew contract for UK army uniforms is due for renewal in 2008; recognises that the contract was originally awarded to Coonen, Watts and Stone based in Northern Ireland, who sub-contracted the work to China; believes it to be inappropriate for UK army uniforms to be produced in sweat-shop conditions in China; looks forward to the contract being re-opened for tender; and calls on the Government to support UK manufacturing by awarding the contract to the most competitive tender for the production of the uniforms in the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.