<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>14111</id>
<session>1996-97</session>
<number>398</number>
<title>Proposed Closure Of The Gallaher Limited Factory In Hyde Tameside</title>
<proposer id="10475">Tom Pendry</proposer>
<date>1997-01-14</date>
<text>That this House deplores the decision of Gallaher Limited to announce the loss of 950 jobs from their Hyde factory in Tameside during Christmas week; calls upon the company to reconsider this decision, given that in 1993 it publicly stated that it would be concentrating its manufacturing output on Hyde as this is where its commercial and geographical strengths lay; expresses concern that the decision of the Government to grant Gallaher Limited at least Ãº10 million to invest in a Northern Ireland site distorts fair market competition and will lead to a net reduction in United Kingdom employment; and calls upon the Government to provide the Tameside area of Greater Manchester with assistance to ensure that training and employment opportunities are made available to those workers who could be made redundant.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10475">Tom Pendry</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Stalybridge &amp; Hyde</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10435">Andrew Miller</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ellesmere Port &amp; Neston</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10463">Bill Olner</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nuneaton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18679">Stan Orme</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Salford East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10059">Keith Bradley</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10085">Richard Caborn</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16879">James Callaghan</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10122">Ann Coffey</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockport</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17275">Kenneth Eastham</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Blackley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10233">Llin Golding</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle-under-Lyme</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10638">Alan Wynne Williams</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carmarthen</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18408">William McKelvey</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kilmarnock &amp; Loudoun</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10375">John McAllion</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10418">Jim Marshall</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leicester South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10474">Ian Pearson</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10534">Barry Sheerman</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Huddersfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10535">Robert Sheldon</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ashton-under-Lyne</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10558">John Spellar</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warley West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10275">John Heppell</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10367">Tony Lloyd</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stretford</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22582">Robert Litherland</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worsley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10297">Kevin Hughes</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Doncaster North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21776">Doug Hoyle</mp>
		<date>1997-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warrington North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21687">Bryan Davies</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oldham Central and Royton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16396">Chris Davies</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Littleborough and Saddleworth</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22255">John Evans</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10250">John Gunnell</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds South and Morley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10253">Mike Hall</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warrington South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10607">Dennis Turner</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10492">Ken Purchase</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton North East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18112">Joan Lestor</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eccles</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18209">Liz Lynne</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18656">Gordon Oakes</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10090">Dale Campbell-Savours</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Workington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10118">David Clelland</mp>
		<date>1997-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tyne Bridge</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock and Port Glasgow</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10215">Maria Fyfe</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Maryhill</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10425">John Maxton</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Cathcart</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10478">Colin Pickthall</mp>
		<date>1997-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Lancashire</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10195">Derek Fatchett</mp>
		<date>1997-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>1997-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>1997-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10451">Chris Mullin</mp>
		<date>1997-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10157">Ian Davidson</mp>
		<date>1997-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Govan</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10158">Denzil Davies</mp>
		<date>1997-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22634">Jack Thompson</mp>
		<date>1997-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansbeck</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16411">Mike Watson</mp>
		<date>1997-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10016">Joe Ashton</mp>
		<date>1997-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bassetlaw</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10414">John Marek</mp>
		<date>1997-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wrexham</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10516">Ted Rowlands</mp>
		<date>1997-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Merthyr Tydfil &amp; Rhymney</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>1997-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10579">Gerry Sutcliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-01-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10042">Gerry Bermingham</mp>
		<date>1997-01-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22117">Robert Parry</mp>
		<date>1997-02-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Riverside</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10087">Anne Campbell</mp>
		<date>1997-02-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10238">Tommy Graham</mp>
		<date>1997-02-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Renfrew West and Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10596">Stephen Timms</mp>
		<date>1997-02-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newham North East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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