Office For National Statistics
EDM number 1911A1 in 2006-07, proposed by Paul Flynn on 17/07/2007.
leave out from `House' to end and insert `applauds the decision to make Newport the Headquarters of the Office of National Statistics; welcomes the ringing endorsement by the Chief Statistician of the high quality of work by the Newport Office, which already employs more statisticians than London; recalls the Lyons report conclusion that moving the Patent Office to the city in 1990 was an exemplar of a high value happy relocation although initially there was sparse enthusiam from staff to migrate from the South East of England to Newport; is delighted the thousands of civil servants and their families have settled happily in the congenial city of Newport and its beautiful rural hinterland; and welcomes the stability provided to the Gwent economy, and Cardiff, by the new jobs.'.
This is a ammendment to 1911.
This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Flynn | 17/07/2007 | Newport West | Labour | Proposed |
Jessica Morden | 17/07/2007 | Newport East | Labour | Seconded |
Stephen Williams | 18/07/2007 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Dai Davies | 19/07/2007 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Seconded |
Ann Cryer | 23/07/2007 | Keighley | Labour | Seconded |
Rudi Vis | 24/07/2007 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Seconded |
Vincent Cable | 24/07/2007 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Julie Morgan | 25/07/2007 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Nick Ainger | 25/07/2007 | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
Paul Murphy | 11/10/2007 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
Download raw data as csv or xml.