Worldskills 2007 In Shizuoka, Japan (EDM455)

Worldskills 2007 In Shizuoka, Japan

EDM number 455 in 2007-08, proposed by Gordon Marsden on 03/12/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Training.

That this House would like to congratulate the UK team on its tremendous efforts at the WorldSkills 2007 competition in Shizuoka, Japan, where they won a fantastic 13 awards with one gold, one silver and two bronze plus nine medallions of excellence placing them 11th in the world and fourth in Europe; further wishes to demonstrate its support for the UK team in the next WorldSkills competition in 2009 in Canada and particularly in 2011 when WorldSkills will be hosted in London; and finally urges the Government and all hon. and Right hon. Members to wholeheartedly support skills competitions and young up-and-coming skills competitors in their area as a means of encouraging skills excellence and its base in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gordon Marsden	03/12/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Proposed
Barry Sheerman	03/12/2007	Huddersfield	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	04/12/2007	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	04/12/2007	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	04/12/2007	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Stephen Williams	04/12/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	05/12/2007	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	05/12/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Derek Conway	05/12/2007	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	05/12/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/12/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Boswell	05/12/2007	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	05/12/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Drew	06/12/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/12/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/12/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	06/12/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/12/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Leech	10/12/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian McCartney	11/12/2007	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	11/12/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	11/12/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	11/12/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	11/12/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/12/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	12/12/2007	Hastings and Rye	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	12/12/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed

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