Closure Of Ellington Colliery, Northumberland

EDM number 599 in 2004-05, proposed by Alan Beith on 26/01/2005.

That this House, following UK Coal's announcement of the closure of Ellington Colliery following flooding, calls on UK Coal and Ministers urgently to examine whether there is any prospect of Government assistance leading to the saving of the pit with its substantial reserves;further calls on Ministers to announce measures to assist regeneration of the area including infrastructure investment and the relocation of Government employment to the area; and pays tribute to the workforce of Ellington Colliery past and present, who have served Britain's energy needs for nearly a century.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Beith	26/01/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Eric Illsley	26/01/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	27/01/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	27/01/2005	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/01/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	27/01/2005	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	27/01/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/01/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	27/01/2005	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/01/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	27/01/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	27/01/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	27/01/2005	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	27/01/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevan Jones	27/01/2005	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	31/01/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/01/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	31/01/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	31/01/2005	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	31/01/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/01/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	31/01/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	01/02/2005	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/02/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/02/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	01/02/2005	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	01/02/2005	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/02/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	02/02/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/02/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	02/02/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/02/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/02/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	02/02/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	03/02/2005	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Bill Tynan	03/02/2005	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/02/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	04/02/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Barron	07/02/2005	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/02/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/02/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	08/02/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Colin Burgon	09/02/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	09/02/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/02/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/02/2005	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	10/02/2005	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	10/02/2005	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	10/02/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/02/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	24/02/2005	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	01/03/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	09/03/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed

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