Conduct Of The Secretary Of State For Trade And Industry

EDM number 69 in 1998-99, proposed by Christopher Chope on 01/12/1998.

That this House believes that the statement of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on 9th November, Official Report 319 c14, that he has never been, and does not intend to be, involved in procuring or negotiating sponsorship deals for the New Millennium Experience Company is totally inconsistent with newspaper reports that he entered into discussions with S.P. and G.P. Hinduja in January with a view to persuading them to abandon support for a millennium project in the Midlands in favour of the dome at Greenwich and met the Hinduja brothers on 6th October at the Department of Trade and Industry to discuss the dome and other trade and industry matters; and is of the opinion that the Secretary of State should now apologise for having misled the House and should give up his position with the NMEC immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.