Va Tech Peebles Transformers (Leith) (EDM1568)

Va Tech Peebles Transformers (Leith)

EDM number 1568 in 2003-04, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 21/07/2004.

That this House expresses its concern at the announcement by VA Tech Peebles Transformers Ltd that it is considering the closure of its plant at Leith with a consequential loss of almost 250 jobs; notes that the plant at Leith is a new state-of-the-art facility with highly skilled and specialist employees; believes that the loss of this plant, which has successfully designed and built the world's largest power transformer units with customers in USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and the Middle East, would be a bitter blow to the manufacturing industry in Edinburgh, Scotland and the UK as a whole; urges the Austrian multi-national which is the parent company of VA Tech not to close the plant at Leith; welcomes the campaign by Amicus to retain the plant; and urges the UK Government, the Scottish Executive, Edinburgh City Council, and Scottish Enterprise to back the efforts to ensure the retention of this important manufacturing facility in this country.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Lazarowicz	21/07/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
Parmjit Dhanda	21/07/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	21/07/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	21/07/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	21/07/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Tami	21/07/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	21/07/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	21/07/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	21/07/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/07/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	21/07/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	21/07/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	21/07/2004	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	21/07/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	21/07/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	21/07/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	21/07/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	21/07/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	21/07/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	21/07/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/07/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	21/07/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	21/07/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	21/07/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	21/07/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	21/07/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	22/07/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/07/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	22/07/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/07/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	22/07/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/07/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/07/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	07/09/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	07/09/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	07/09/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	08/09/2004	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	08/09/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/09/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/09/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/09/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	13/09/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	14/09/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/09/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	16/09/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/10/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed

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