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<id>19367</id>
<session>2000-01</session>
<number>465</number>
<title>Mercedes-Benz Dealers</title>
<proposer id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</proposer>
<date>2001-03-20</date>
<text>That this House deplores the decision taken by DaimlerChrysler UK to serve termination notices to all Mercedes-Benz dealers in the United Kingdom with just one year's notice; believes that Mercedes-Benz dealers offer excellent service to their customers; notes with concern that DaimlerChrysler UK intends to take direct control of 70 per cent. of new cars sales by replacing the existing Mercedes-Benz dealer network with a greatly reduced network of centrally controlled sales centres; further notes that this will reduce competition in the new car sector to the detriment of consumers; believes that this goes against the spirit of the Department of Trade and Industry's Supply of New Cars Order 2000; and calls on the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to refer the decision taken by DaimlerChrysler UK to the Director-General of Fair Trading.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10295">Lindsay Hoyle</mp>
		<date>2001-03-20</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10351">Bob Laxton</mp>
		<date>2001-03-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Derby North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>2001-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2001-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>2001-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10404">John McWilliam</mp>
		<date>2001-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2001-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2001-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10399">Kevin McNamara</mp>
		<date>2001-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10208">Don Foster</mp>
		<date>2001-03-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10515">Andrew Rowe</mp>
		<date>2001-03-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Faversham &amp; Mid Kent</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2001-03-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10464">Martin O'Neill</mp>
		<date>2001-03-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ochil</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2001-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2001-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2001-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2001-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2001-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2001-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Kelvin</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10148">Roseanna Cunningham</mp>
		<date>2001-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>2001-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10416">Paul Marsden</mp>
		<date>2001-03-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Shrewsbury &amp; Atcham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10669">Hilary Benn</mp>
		<date>2001-03-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10635">Dafydd Wigley</mp>
		<date>2001-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2001-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2001-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10129">Frank Cook</mp>
		<date>2001-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>2001-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10604">Jon Trickett</mp>
		<date>2001-04-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemsworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10530">Phil Sawford</mp>
		<date>2001-04-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kettering</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>2001-04-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10347">Stephen Ladyman</mp>
		<date>2001-04-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Thanet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10491">Gwyn Prosser</mp>
		<date>2001-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>2001-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2001-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10033">Roy Beggs</mp>
		<date>2001-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10088">Menzies Campbell</mp>
		<date>2001-04-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Fife North East</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10345">Archy Kirkwood</mp>
		<date>2001-04-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Roxburgh &amp; Berwickshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10070">Russell Brown</mp>
		<date>2001-04-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dumfries</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2001-04-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10269">David Heath</mp>
		<date>2001-04-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Somerton &amp; Frome</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10310">Robert Jackson</mp>
		<date>2001-04-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wantage</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10055">David Borrow</mp>
		<date>2001-04-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Ribble</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10024">Jackie Ballard</mp>
		<date>2001-05-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10514">William Ross</mp>
		<date>2001-05-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10675">Simon Thomas</mp>
		<date>2001-05-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10100">David Chaytor</mp>
		<date>2001-05-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10521">Bob Russell</mp>
		<date>2001-05-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colchester</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2001-05-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark &amp; Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
