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Proposed Closure Of Chambers Harrap, Edinburgh

EDM number 2109 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 20/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Media.

That this House expresses its concern at the announcement by Hachette UK that it intends to close the operations at the Edinburgh headquarters of its subsidiary Chambers Harrap, the publisher of respected titles such as The Chambers Dictionary, first published in 1901 and the Chambers Biographical Dictionary, first published in 1897 and to transfer these and other profitable titles to its London and Paris offices; notes that the closure would result in the loss of 27 jobs and the Edinburgh offices; regards the proposed closure as asset-stripping of profitable titles; urges the company to reconsider its decision; and considers that if it is not prepared to keep its operations in Edinburgh itself, it should seek a buyer to allow the operations to continue in Edinburgh under another owner.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mark Lazarowicz20/10/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourProposed
David Hamilton20/10/2009MidlothianLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson21/10/2009StrangfordDUPSeconded
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn21/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer21/10/2009KeighleyLabourSeconded
Alan Simpson21/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham21/10/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Paul Flynn22/10/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Michael Weir26/10/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Jim McGovern26/10/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice27/10/2009PendleLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt27/10/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Gavin Strang27/10/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Anne Begg27/10/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar27/10/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Frank Doran28/10/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
John Mason28/10/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Anne McGuire04/11/2009StirlingLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael04/11/2009Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett04/11/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris11/11/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned

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