Retention Of Jobs In The Textile Industry

EDM number 54 in 1992-93, proposed by Bob Cryer on 13/05/1992.

That this House notes with alarm the failure of the Prime Minister to give a categorical assurance to the honourable Member for Bradford South that the United Kingdom textile industry would not be sacrificed in return for concessions for agriculture in the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade negotiations, Official Report, column 496, 12th May; recognises the importance of the textile and clothing industry to the country, employing as it does over 450,000 people, with 12,000 jobs directly dependent on textiles in Bradford alone; and demands that the Prime Minister assures the industry that his Government will seek retention of this important industry as an essential part of the GATT negotiations.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.