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Best Department Store Of The Year Award 2007 And Independent Retail Shops

EDM number 389 in 2007-08, proposed by Bob Russell on 26/11/2007.
Categorised under the topic of Service industries.

That this House congratulates Williams and Griffin department store, Colchester, on winning the title of best department store of the year in the Drapers Awards for 2007; notes that in the process it beat stores such as Harrods and John Lewis; further notes that this follows an earlier success in 2005 when Williams and Griffin won the award for being the best independent store in the UK; pays tribute to all independent stores which, in an era of growing dominance by chains of national retail establishments with no association with, nor commitment to, local communities, strive to provide a distinctive local retail identity; and calls on the Government to investigate what action can be taken, in the planning process and in other ways, to encourage localised diversity as epitomised by Williams and Griffin department store and prevent the uniformity of clone town Britain.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Bob Russell26/11/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratProposed
Harry Cohen26/11/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSeconded
Alan Meale27/11/2007MansfieldLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock27/11/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
David Lepper27/11/2007Brighton, PavilionLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones27/11/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer27/11/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew George27/11/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea28/11/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Rudi Vis28/11/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/11/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell28/11/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Keith Vaz29/11/2007Leicester EastLabourSigned
Brian Binley03/12/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins05/12/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans06/12/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson10/12/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned

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