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<id>18491</id>
<session>1999-00</session>
<number>575</number>
<title>Future Of The Longbridge Rover Plant</title>
<proposer id="10323">Lynne Jones</proposer>
<date>2000-03-29</date>
<text>That this House congratulates the Rover Group trade unions for their organisation of the march and rally on Saturday 1st April in support of the Rover workers at Longbridge; believes that this will be an opportunity for the people of Birmingham and the West Midlands to express solidarity with the workers whose jobs and livelihoods are threatened and to campaign for a long-term future for the Rover Longbridge plant; welcomes the prompt action taken by the Government to set up the Special Task Force to stand by the local community and to build on the success of Birmingham City Council in attracting new investment into Birmingham and the wider region; and calls on BMW to open its books to the sponsors of any credible proposal to retain volume car production at Longbridge and on the Government to give all possible support to such a venture.</text>
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		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-03-29</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10554">Peter Snape</mp>
		<date>2000-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Bromwich East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10377">Stephen McCabe</mp>
		<date>2000-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hall Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>2000-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10132">Robin Corbett</mp>
		<date>2000-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Erdington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>2000-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10220">Barry Gardiner</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10143">John Cryer</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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		<mp id="10235">Eileen Gordon</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10244">Jane Griffiths</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10055">David Borrow</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Ribble</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10573">Gavin Strang</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh East &amp; Musselburgh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10645">David Winnick</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10656">Tony Wright</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cannock Chase</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10137">Jim Cousins</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10436">Austin Mitchell</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Great Grimsby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10403">Tony McWalter</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10476">Linda Perham</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10491">Gwyn Prosser</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10494">Lawrie Quinn</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10526">Martin Salter</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10564">Phyllis Starkey</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Milton Keynes South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10399">Kevin McNamara</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10419">Robert Marshall-Andrews</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Medway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worsley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10321">Jenny Jones</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2000-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10598">Mark Todd</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook &amp; Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10184">Huw Edwards</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2000-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10629">Brian White</mp>
		<date>2000-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2000-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2000-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>2000-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10416">Paul Marsden</mp>
		<date>2000-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shrewsbury &amp; Atcham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10599">Jenny Tonge</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10246">Win Griffiths</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10238">Tommy Graham</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Renfrewshire</constituency>
		<party>Independent Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10209">Michael Foster</mp>
		<date>2000-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worcester</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10124">Iain Coleman</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10089">Ronnie Campbell</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blyth Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10070">Russell Brown</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dumfries</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10404">John McWilliam</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2000-04-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>2000-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10669">Hilary Benn</mp>
		<date>2000-04-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>2000-04-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>2000-04-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10346">Ashok Kumar</mp>
		<date>2000-04-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Middlesbrough South &amp; East Cleveland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10158">Denzil Davies</mp>
		<date>2000-04-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2000-04-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2000-04-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2000-04-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
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