14122 1996-97 398A1 Roy Beggs 1997-01-15 leave out from `House' to second `and' in line 7, and insert `regrets that unfair competition within the EC tobacco industry, the adverse impact of tobacco product smuggling into the United Kingdom, the decline in demand for tobacco products influenced by excessive tax increases above the rate of inflation and anti-smoking campaigns have forced further rationalisation of cigarette manufacture within the United Kingdom, with the announced loss of 950 jobs at Hyde Factory in Tameside; welcomes the investment by Gallaher Ltd at their site in Ballymena, Co. Antrim; approves the decision to grant aid the necessary investment forced on the company by the need to rationalise cigarette production in the United Kingdom in order to remain competitive and to protect and retain as many jobs as possible in this industry.'. Roy Beggs 1997-01-15 Proposed East Antrim Ken Maginnis 1997-01-15 Signed Fermanagh & South Tyrone James Molyneaux 1997-01-15 Signed Lagan Valley Clifford Forsythe 1997-01-15 Signed South Antrim John D Taylor 1997-01-15 Signed Strangford Cecil Walker 1997-01-16 Signed Belfast North David Trimble 1997-01-16 Signed Upper Bann Martin Smyth 1997-01-16 Signed Belfast South Robert McCartney 1997-01-23 Signed North Down Ian Paisley 1997-01-23 Signed North Antrim William Ross 1997-01-28 Signed East Londonderry John Hume 1997-02-05 Signed Foyle