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Bid For Cadburys

EDM number 388 in 2009-10, proposed by Alan Meale on 08/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Companies.

That this House is alarmed by reports of a hostile £10 billion-plus city takeover bid by foreign competitors to buy out the UK manufacturer Cadburys; notes this company's unique British heritage and its well-regarded ethical credentials, regularly displayed in its functioning and expressed recently in its £45 million Cadburys Cocoa Partnership which gave Fairtrade accreditation to Dairy Milk in July 2009; understands the company's recent trading update shows significant improvement in its market position; and therefore believes that the selling off of such a fundamental cornerstone of British manufacturing in this sector is neither necessary nor in the interest of the UK, as it risks relinquishment of control over the UK economy and consequently the nation's prosperity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale08/12/2009MansfieldLabourProposed
Bill Etherington08/12/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis08/12/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Andrew Dismore09/12/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock09/12/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton09/12/2009GowerLabourSeconded
John McDonnell09/12/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Leech09/12/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing09/12/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Paul Flynn09/12/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
David Drew09/12/2009StroudLabourSigned
Janet Dean09/12/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell09/12/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Lynne Jones09/12/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Brian Iddon09/12/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/12/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling10/12/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
John Hemming10/12/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins10/12/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer14/12/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/12/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham15/12/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Graham Stringer15/12/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
John Pugh16/12/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter16/12/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith05/01/2010Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff12/01/2010Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
David Crausby21/01/2010Bolton North EastLabourSigned
David Hamilton08/02/2010MidlothianLabourSigned
Bill Olner22/02/2010NuneatonLabourSigned

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