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Closure Of Elstree Film Studios

EDM number 2399 in 1992-93, proposed by Bob Cryer on 22/07/1993.

That this House regrets the closure of Elstree Film Studios, formerly a major centre of British film production including the first British sound film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and recently a series of major features directed by Stephen Spielberg who admired the compact but comprehensive facilities and the high quality of British technicians; expresses deep concern that this studio closure will further erode employment of such technicians and the maintenance of their skils; bitterly condemns the unscrupulous and unprincipled capitalist concerns involved in the break up and dismemberment of the site, including the sale of a major British film archive dating back to 1895; and expresses admiration for studio managers, workers, directors, artistes and others who produced so many high quality films and who fought against the greed and incompetence which brought closure ironically at a time of high bookings for British film studios.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Cryer22/07/1993Bradford SouthProposed
Terry Rooney22/07/1993Bradford NorthSigned
Diane Abbott22/07/1993Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
George Galloway22/07/1993Glasgow HillheadSigned
Bill Etherington22/07/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Michael Clapham22/07/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Michael Martin22/07/1993Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Terry Lewis22/07/1993WorsleySigned
Kevin Hughes22/07/1993Doncaster NorthSigned
Jimmy Hood22/07/1993ClydesdaleSigned
John Heppell22/07/1993Nottingham EastSigned
Dennis Skinner22/07/1993BolsoverSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie23/07/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
David Clelland23/07/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Frank Cook23/07/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe23/07/1993LeighSigned
Eric Clarke23/07/1993MidlothianSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody23/07/1993Crewe & NantwichSigned
John Evans23/07/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe23/07/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Norman Godman23/07/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Tony Banks23/07/1993Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes23/07/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Joan Walley23/07/1993Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Mike Watson23/07/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Audrey Wise23/07/1993PrestonSigned
Keith Bradley23/07/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/07/1993Blyth ValleySigned
Jeff Rooker23/07/1993Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Ernie Ross23/07/1993Dundee WestSigned
Peter Hardy23/07/1993WentworthSigned
Kim Howells23/07/1993PontypriddSigned
Lynne Jones23/07/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Ken Livingstone23/07/1993Brent EastSigned
Eddie Loyden23/07/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Alice Mahon23/07/1993HalifaxSigned
John McAllion23/07/1993Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey23/07/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alan Meale23/07/1993MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie23/07/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Jack Thompson26/07/1993WansbeckSigned
Janet Anderson26/07/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
John Gunnell26/07/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
John Cummings26/07/1993EasingtonSigned
Neil Gerrard26/07/1993WalthamstowSigned
Andrew Faulds26/07/1993Warley EastSigned
Kenneth Eastham26/07/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Angela Eagle26/07/1993WallaseySigned
Jim Dowd26/07/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Rhodri Morgan26/07/1993Cardiff WestSigned
Ian McCartney26/07/1993MakerfieldSigned
Eric Illsley26/07/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Peter Pike27/07/1993BurnleySigned
Andrew MacKinlay27/07/1993ThurrockSigned
Jeremy Corbyn27/07/1993Islington NorthSigned
Hugh Bayley27/07/1993York, City ofSigned
Mike Hall18/10/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Jimmy Boyce19/10/1993RotherhamSigned
Michael Connarty20/10/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Alex Carlile25/10/1993MontgomerySigned

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