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Family Business Sector

EDM number 1390 in 2010-12, proposed by Lindsay Roy on 02/02/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Business support and Economic situation.

That this House recognises the role of the family business sector in supporting employment and economic growth and which accounts for one in three jobs in the UK and contributes 30 per cent. of GDP; acknowledges the value of family businesses in terms of corporate stewardship, with a long-term approach to investment and growth; and notes that business families are a crucial breeding ground for entrepreneurial talent and are committed to social responsibility and philanthropy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lindsay Roy02/02/2011GlenrothesLabourProposed
Peter Bottomley02/02/2011Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan02/02/2011FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Russell02/02/2011ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George02/02/2011St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Adrian Sanders03/02/2011TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Meale03/02/2011MansfieldLabourSigned
Annette Brooke03/02/2011Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock03/02/2011Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
John Mann23/03/2011BassetlawLabourSigned
Frank Dobson23/03/2011Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Nicholas Dakin23/03/2011ScunthorpeLabourSigned
Alan Beith24/03/2011Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
George Howarth28/03/2011KnowsleyLabourSigned
Alan Johnson01/04/2011Kingston upon Hull West and HessleLabourSigned
Martin Vickers04/04/2011CleethorpesConservativeSigned
Alex Cunningham05/04/2011Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas26/04/2011Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Roberta Blackman-Woods26/04/2011City of DurhamLabourSigned
Fiona Bruce26/04/2011CongletonConservativeSigned
Mary Glindon26/04/2011North TynesideLabourSigned
Therese Coffey26/04/2011Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn27/04/2011JarrowLabourSigned
Graham Stuart13/05/2011Beverley and HoldernessConservativeSigned
David Davies23/05/2011MonmouthConservativeSigned
Stephen Lloyd30/06/2011EastbourneLiberal DemocratSigned

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