Closure Of Ge Lighting Factory In Leicester (EDM307)

Closure Of Ge Lighting Factory In Leicester

EDM number 307 in 2006-07, proposed by Keith Vaz on 27/11/2006.

That this House regrets the announcement by GE Consumer & Industrial Digital Energy that the company plans to close the GE Lighting Factory in Leicester by the end of 2007; notes that the factory employs over 370 highly skilled and dedicated workers; recognises the importance of the factory to the city of Leicester and the 60 year operational history of the site; believes the decision to look to relocate workers to Eastern Europe is a short-sighted and callous decision; further notes the strategic locations and excellent transport links of the site as well as the talented workforce available; and calls on the company to assess properly alternative proposals with a view to keeping the site open.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Keith Vaz	27/11/2006	Leicester East	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	27/11/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	27/11/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	27/11/2006	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	28/11/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Graham Stringer	28/11/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Chris Bryant	28/11/2006	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/11/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	29/11/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/11/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	29/11/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Albert Owen	29/11/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	29/11/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	30/11/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/11/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	30/11/2006	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	04/12/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/12/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	04/12/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	04/12/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	05/12/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/12/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/12/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/01/2007	Jarrow	Labour	Signed

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