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Closure Of St Helens Coates Viyella Factory (No. 2)

EDM number 754 in 1995-96, proposed by John Evans on 18/04/1996.

That this House condemns the rapacious pricing policy of Marks and Spencer's which, according to Coates Viyella, is forcing them to close their St. Helens shirt factory with the loss of 386 jobs, and where wages are only ú150-ú160 per week, and transfer the factory's production to low wage factories in Mauritius and Morocco; and therefore calls upon Marks and Spencers to review this situation and continue to accept shirts from St. Helens, thereby maintaining British jobs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Evans18/04/1996St Helens NorthProposed
George Howarth18/04/1996Knowsley NorthSigned
Jane Kennedy18/04/1996Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Edward O'Hara18/04/1996Knowsley SouthSigned
Gerry Bermingham18/04/1996St Helens SouthSigned
Robert Parry22/04/1996Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Lynne Jones22/04/1996Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe22/04/1996LeighSigned
Barry Jones23/04/1996Alyn & DeesideSigned
Mike Watson23/04/1996Glasgow CentralSigned
Robert Wareing23/04/1996Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Hugh Bayley23/04/1996York, City ofSigned
Kenneth Eastham23/04/1996Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Michie23/04/1996Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Eric Illsley23/04/1996Barnsley CentralSigned
Dennis Skinner23/04/1996BolsoverSigned
Colin Pickthall23/04/1996West LancashireSigned
Eddie Loyden24/04/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Mike Hall24/04/1996Warrington SouthSigned
Norman Godman24/04/1996Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Paul Flynn24/04/1996Newport WestSigned
Michael Connarty24/04/1996Falkirk EastSigned
Eric Clarke24/04/1996MidlothianSigned
Alan Meale24/04/1996MansfieldSigned
Denis MacShane24/04/1996RotherhamSigned
Terry Rooney24/04/1996Bradford NorthSigned
Michael Clapham25/04/1996Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Win Griffiths25/04/1996BridgendSigned
Tony Banks25/04/1996Newham North WestSigned
Peter Pike29/04/1996BurnleySigned
Martyn Jones30/04/1996Clwyd South WestSigned
Keith Bradley30/04/1996Manchester, WithingtonSigned
John Gunnell30/04/1996Leeds South and MorleySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours02/05/1996WorkingtonSigned
Ann Clwyd10/05/1996Cynon ValleySigned
Jack Thompson15/05/1996WansbeckSigned

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