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Closure Of St Helens Coates Viyella Factory (No. 3)

EDM number 755 in 1995-96, proposed by John Evans on 18/04/1996.

That this House notes that the proposed closure of Coates Viyella's St. Helens shirt factory and the transfer of its production to Mauritius and Morocco will result in 386 people being thrown onto the dole in an area which is already an unemployment blackspot; further notes that these employees, many of whom are single parents, and, on wages of ú150 to ú160 per week not highly paid, will now have to live on social seurity benefits instead of being gainfully employed; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to take immediate action against the transfer of British jobs to foreign low wage producers where social security benefits and health and safety at work standards are virtually non-existent.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 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
Terry Rooney24/04/1996Bradford NorthSigned
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
Eddie Loyden24/04/1996Liverpool, GarstonSigned
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
Audrey Wise30/04/1996PrestonSigned

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