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Guinness Publishing And Barnsley

EDM number 1443 in 1994-95, proposed by Eric Illsley on 19/07/1995.

That this House condemns Guinness Publishing for its publication 'Top Towns; which is nothing more than a compilation of uninformative, bland and confusing tables masquerading as a supposed factual and objective survey of 128 towns; believes the publication to be a biased, inaccurate and wholly unwarranted attack on a number of towns particulary those in the north of the country worst affected by recession and industrial decline and regards this as unhelpful to those areas which are struggling to regenerate their economies through inward investment which is now jeopardised by this ludicrous table; further believesthe compilation to be politically motivated in view of the political complexion of the so called top and bottom towns and regards this as a direct attack on Labour politicians and Labour local authorities; in particular sympathises withthe people of Barnsley which has been placed at the bottom of this so called list of top towns despite the efforts of the whole community including the local authority, Chamber of Commerce, the Training and Enterprise Council and many others to improve the area and regards as absolutely childish and incredible that one of the reasons given in this so called factual and objective survey for Barnsley's lowly position is its grim depressed air - not helped by the dour weather; is astounded that Guinness Publishing haveasked the honourable Member for Barnsley Central to table a motion complimenting them for their gratuitous insult to his home town; and calls upon Guinness to apologise unreservedly to the people of Barnsley and withdraw this shoddy book.

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

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Eric Illsley19/07/1995Barnsley CentralProposed
Nigel Griffiths19/07/1995Edinburgh SouthSigned
Jack Thompson19/07/1995WansbeckSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe19/07/1995Bradford SouthSigned
Clive Betts19/07/1995Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Kevin Barron19/07/1995Rother ValleySigned
John Gunnell19/07/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
Tommy Graham19/07/1995Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Llin Golding19/07/1995Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Bill Etherington19/07/1995Sunderland NorthSigned
John Cummings19/07/1995EasingtonSigned
Michael Connarty19/07/1995Falkirk EastSigned
Eric Clarke19/07/1995MidlothianSigned
Michael Clapham19/07/1995Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Ronnie Campbell19/07/1995Blyth ValleySigned
George Mudie19/07/1995Leeds EastSigned
Bill Michie19/07/1995Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ian McCartney19/07/1995MakerfieldSigned
Denis MacShane19/07/1995RotherhamSigned
Robert Litherland19/07/1995Manchester CentralSigned
Jon Owen Jones19/07/1995Cardiff CentralSigned
Helen Jackson19/07/1995Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Roy Hughes19/07/1995Newport EastSigned
Kevin Hughes19/07/1995Doncaster NorthSigned
David Hinchliffe19/07/1995WakefieldSigned
Dennis Skinner19/07/1995BolsoverSigned
Terry Patchett19/07/1995Barnsley EastSigned
David Hanson19/07/1995DelynSigned
Bill Olner19/07/1995NuneatonSigned
Ernie Ross16/10/1995Dundee WestSigned
William McKelvey16/10/1995Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McAllion16/10/1995Dundee EastSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/10/1995Islington NorthSigned
Harry Barnes17/10/1995North East DerbyshireSigned
Dennis Turner17/10/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Ken Livingstone18/10/1995Brent EastSigned
Alice Mahon18/10/1995HalifaxSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie18/10/1995Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Evans18/10/1995St Helens NorthSigned
Robert Parry19/10/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Janet Anderson23/10/1995Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Mike Hall26/10/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Allan Rogers06/11/1995RhonddaSigned

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