Saint-Gobain Take-Over Of Biwater, Clay Cross
EDM number 1084 in 1999-00, proposed by Harry Barnes on 24/10/2000.
That this House finds it to be totally unacceptable that the French-based multi-national company Saint-Gobain should have acquired the shares of Biwater (Clay Cross) Ltd for the immediate purposes of closing the plant; is deeply concerned that this will lead to the loss of 700 jobs and the devastation of the local community; is aware that Saint-Gobain's objectives in moving to close the plant are (a) to destroy the pipe manufacturing capacity of a key rival, especially in international markets, (b) to capture Biwater's extensive and growing order book, essentially for transfer to overseas companies and (c) to transfer and asset strip the plant's machinery; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to prevent the closure by making full and effective use of powers available to him under the Fair Trading Act 1973, which includes the possibility of setting up an immediate inquiry into the take-over by the Competition Commission and halting all moves to close the plant while the Commission undertakes an in-depth investigation which it is believed will lead to the saving of the plant and the condemnation of Saint-Gobain's actions.
This motion has been signed by a total of 210 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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| Harry Barnes | 24/10/2000 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Proposed |
| Neil Gerrard | 25/10/2000 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Gardiner | 25/10/2000 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | 25/10/2000 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 25/10/2000 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 25/10/2000 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 25/10/2000 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 25/10/2000 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 25/10/2000 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 25/10/2000 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 25/10/2000 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | 25/10/2000 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 25/10/2000 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 25/10/2000 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 25/10/2000 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 25/10/2000 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 25/10/2000 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 25/10/2000 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Win Griffiths | 25/10/2000 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 25/10/2000 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 25/10/2000 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| David Winnick | 25/10/2000 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Dave Watts | 25/10/2000 | St Helens North | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 25/10/2000 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Tynan | 25/10/2000 | Hamilton South | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Turner | 25/10/2000 | Wigan | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 25/10/2000 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 25/10/2000 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 25/10/2000 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 25/10/2000 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| David Borrow | 25/10/2000 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 25/10/2000 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 25/10/2000 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Hilary Benn | 25/10/2000 | Leeds Central | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 25/10/2000 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 25/10/2000 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 25/10/2000 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 25/10/2000 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 25/10/2000 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 25/10/2000 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 25/10/2000 | Clydesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Henderson | 25/10/2000 | Harwich | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 25/10/2000 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 25/10/2000 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 25/10/2000 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Debra Shipley | 25/10/2000 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Jonathan R Shaw | 25/10/2000 | Chatham & Aylesford | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 25/10/2000 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Savidge | 25/10/2000 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 25/10/2000 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Rammell | 25/10/2000 | Harlow | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 25/10/2000 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 25/10/2000 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Pearson | 25/10/2000 | Dudley South | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 25/10/2000 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 25/10/2000 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 25/10/2000 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Clarke | 25/10/2000 | Northampton South | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 25/10/2000 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 25/10/2000 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 25/10/2000 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 25/10/2000 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 25/10/2000 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Bill O'Brien | 25/10/2000 | Normanton | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 25/10/2000 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 25/10/2000 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 25/10/2000 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew MacKinlay | 25/10/2000 | Thurrock | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 25/10/2000 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 25/10/2000 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Marsden | 25/10/2000 | Blackpool South | Labour | Signed |
| Chris McCafferty | 25/10/2000 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 25/10/2000 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 26/10/2000 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 26/10/2000 | Glasgow, Kelvin | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 26/10/2000 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 26/10/2000 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Salter | 30/10/2000 | Reading West | Labour | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 31/10/2000 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 31/10/2000 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 31/10/2000 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 31/10/2000 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| John Austin | 31/10/2000 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Banks | 31/10/2000 | West Ham | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 31/10/2000 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 31/10/2000 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Temple-Morris | 31/10/2000 | Leominster | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Wyatt | 31/10/2000 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 31/10/2000 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 31/10/2000 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 31/10/2000 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Palmer | 31/10/2000 | Broxtowe | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrie Quinn | 31/10/2000 | Scarborough & Whitby | Labour | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 31/10/2000 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 31/10/2000 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 31/10/2000 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hepburn | 31/10/2000 | Jarrow | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Hurst | 31/10/2000 | Braintree | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jones | 31/10/2000 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 31/10/2000 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| John Maxton | 31/10/2000 | Glasgow, Cathcart | Labour | Signed |
| Harold Best | 01/11/2000 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 01/11/2000 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
| Anthony D Wright | 08/11/2000 | Great Yarmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 08/11/2000 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Labour | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 08/11/2000 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 08/11/2000 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Gavin Strang | 08/11/2000 | Edinburgh East & Musselburgh | Labour | Signed |
| Irene Adams | 08/11/2000 | Paisley North | Labour | Signed |
| Eileen Gordon | 08/11/2000 | Romford | Labour | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 08/11/2000 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Derek Foster | 08/11/2000 | Bishop Auckland | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 08/11/2000 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Tess Kingham | 08/11/2000 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Fiona Jones | 08/11/2000 | Newark | Labour | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 10/11/2000 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 13/11/2000 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 13/11/2000 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 13/11/2000 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 14/11/2000 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 14/11/2000 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 14/11/2000 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Gapes | 14/11/2000 | Ilford South | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 14/11/2000 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Allan | 14/11/2000 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Grogan | 14/11/2000 | Selby | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 14/11/2000 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 14/11/2000 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| Jon Trickett | 14/11/2000 | Hemsworth | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 14/11/2000 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Brian White | 14/11/2000 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Woolas | 14/11/2000 | Oldham East & Saddleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 14/11/2000 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 14/11/2000 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 14/11/2000 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 14/11/2000 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Llew Smith | 14/11/2000 | Blaenau Gwent | Labour | Signed |
| John Home Robertson | 14/11/2000 | East Lothian | Labour | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 14/11/2000 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 14/11/2000 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 14/11/2000 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 14/11/2000 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 14/11/2000 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John McFall | 14/11/2000 | Dumbarton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Stephen McCabe | 14/11/2000 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 14/11/2000 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| Calum MacDonald | 14/11/2000 | Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 15/11/2000 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 15/11/2000 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Hilton Dawson | 15/11/2000 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Signed |
| Geraint Davies | 15/11/2000 | Croydon Central | Labour | Signed |
| Tam Dalyell | 15/11/2000 | Linlithgow | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 15/11/2000 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 15/11/2000 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Cawsey | 15/11/2000 | Brigg & Goole | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 15/11/2000 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Barbara Follett | 15/11/2000 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
| Patrick Hall | 15/11/2000 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Wright | 15/11/2000 | Cannock Chase | Labour | Signed |
| Claire Ward | 15/11/2000 | Watford | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 15/11/2000 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| George Stevenson | 15/11/2000 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Roy Beggs | 15/11/2000 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
| Nigel Beard | 15/11/2000 | Bexleyheath & Crayford | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 15/11/2000 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Donald Anderson | 15/11/2000 | Swansea East | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Organ | 15/11/2000 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 15/11/2000 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 15/11/2000 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| John Smith | 15/11/2000 | Vale of Glamorgan | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 15/11/2000 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Sheerman | 15/11/2000 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 15/11/2000 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 15/11/2000 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 15/11/2000 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 15/11/2000 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Griffiths | 15/11/2000 | Edinburgh South | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 15/11/2000 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 15/11/2000 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 15/11/2000 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Dan Norris | 15/11/2000 | Wansdyke | Labour | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 15/11/2000 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 15/11/2000 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Shona McIsaac | 15/11/2000 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Mates | 15/11/2000 | East Hampshire | Conservative | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 15/11/2000 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Oona King | 15/11/2000 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
| David Kidney | 15/11/2000 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 16/11/2000 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| William Thompson | 16/11/2000 | West Tyrone | UUP | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 16/11/2000 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 16/11/2000 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Bruce George | 16/11/2000 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 16/11/2000 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 16/11/2000 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| Ted Rowlands | 16/11/2000 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 16/11/2000 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 20/11/2000 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Julia Drown | 20/11/2000 | South Swindon | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 20/11/2000 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Clarke | 20/11/2000 | Coatbridge & Chryston | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 20/11/2000 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 20/11/2000 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
| Raymond Powell | 20/11/2000 | Ogmore | Labour | Signed |
| John McAllion | 21/11/2000 | Dundee East | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 21/11/2000 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 24/11/2000 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 24/11/2000 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew George | 24/11/2000 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Sandra Gidley | 24/11/2000 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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