Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ashok Kumar (Labour), on Monday, 14 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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NORTH EAST PROCESS INDUSTRY CLUSTER

That this House welcomes the launch of the North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) on 17th November which brings together the P&S Cluster and the Teesside Chemical Initiative; acknowledges the commitment and hard work of the Chairman Bob Coxon and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Stan Higgins and their colleagues in closing the gross domestic product gap of the North East region with other regions across the United Kingdom; notes that NEPIC already has over 200 members and represents 25 per cent. of the North East's economy in the chemical, speciality, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries; and further notes that the employment of 34,000 people directly and 270,000 indirectly by NEPIC is vital for the North East economy.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1015 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Bob Spink

Lindsay Hoyle

David Clelland

Jeremy Corbyn

John Cummings

Subjects

Biotechnology Manufacturing industries North East North East Process Industry Cluster

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk