Sale Of Gus And The Future Of Home Shopping (EDM170)

Sale Of Gus And The Future Of Home Shopping

EDM number 170 in 2003-04, proposed by Tony Lloyd on 01/12/2003.

That this House expresses deep concern at the potential loss of 19,000 jobs in the GUS home shopping business if the proposed sale to March UK Ltd is not allowed to proceed, and at the damage this would cause in many of the country's poorer constituencies; believes that with sales declining by 20 per cent. this year and increasing pressure from the high street the only alternative to the sale would be the closure of the GUS home shopping business which would not only result in the loss of jobs, but would reduce consumer choice; notes that the sale has the full support of GUS's management, USDAW and the other GUS home shopping trade unions, who are best placed to judge the long-term interests of the workforce; and believes the sale to be in the public interest, urges the Competition Commission and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to approve this transaction at the earliest possible opportunity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tony Lloyd	01/12/2003	Manchester Central	Labour	Proposed
Brian Iddon	02/12/2003	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/12/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/12/2003	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	03/12/2003	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	03/12/2003	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	03/12/2003	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	03/12/2003	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/12/2003	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	03/12/2003	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	03/12/2003	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	04/12/2003	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	04/12/2003	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/12/2003	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	04/12/2003	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Keith Bradley	04/12/2003	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	04/12/2003	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/12/2003	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/12/2003	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/12/2003	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/12/2003	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/12/2003	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/12/2003	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	10/12/2003	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	10/12/2003	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	10/12/2003	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	10/12/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	10/12/2003	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/12/2003	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/12/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	11/12/2003	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/12/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	11/12/2003	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	15/12/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	16/12/2003	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	17/12/2003	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2003	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/12/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2003	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	12/01/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	12/01/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	29/01/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	05/02/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	24/02/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	15/09/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed

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