Bentwood Ltd Closure (EDM455)

Bentwood Ltd Closure

EDM number 455 in 1999-00, proposed by Lindsay Hoyle on 29/02/2000.

That this House notes with concern the decision taken by Bentwood Ltd. to close two of its manufacturing units in Chorley and Bury which employ 300 workers at the two factories; is aware that production will be moved as a result of the re-organisation of the company; and condemns the Managing Director of Bentwood Ltd. Mr Stephen Phillips, for refusing to meet the local honourable Members and local authorities in order to discuss the closure and the future of the 300 employees.

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lindsay Hoyle	29/02/2000	Chorley	Labour	Proposed
Russell Brown	29/02/2000	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	29/02/2000	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	29/02/2000	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	29/02/2000	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	29/02/2000	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	29/02/2000	Leigh	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	29/02/2000	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	29/02/2000	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bob Laxton	29/02/2000	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	29/02/2000	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	29/02/2000	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	29/02/2000	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	29/02/2000	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	29/02/2000	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Tom Pendry	29/02/2000	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/03/2000	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/03/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	01/03/2000	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	01/03/2000	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	01/03/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	02/03/2000	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	02/03/2000	Easington	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/03/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	02/03/2000	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/03/2000	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/03/2000	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	08/03/2000	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	09/03/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	13/03/2000	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/03/2000	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	14/03/2000	Workington	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/03/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/03/2000	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/04/2000	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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