Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Marshall (Labour), on Monday, 9 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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BOEING 787 DREAMLINER

That this House congratulates the Boeing company on the successful roll-out of the new 787 Dreamliner on 8th July 2007; notes that almost 700 of these aircraft have already been ordered by 47 customers and believes that it will become the most successful aircraft ever; further notes that it is made of composite materials, making it lighter and quieter, that it will use 20 per cent. less fuel and produce 20 per cent. fewer carbon dioxide emissions than most comparable aircraft and that it will make a major contribution to delivering sustainable aviation growth; welcomes the fact that the Rolls Royce Trent 1000 is the launch engine, that over 500 of these engines have been ordered already, that it is the most environmentally friendly engine ever made by Rolls Royce and that when the engine is fitted to the Dreamliner 25 per cent. by value of the aircraft is British; further notes that Boeing spends up to three billion US dollars per annum in the UK on more than 250 supplier sites; and welcomes Boeing's continuing investment in many thousands of high tech, high skilled jobs throughout the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1875 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lynne Jones

Janet Dean

Peter Bottomley

Angus Brendan MacNeil

David Wilshire

Subjects

Aircraft Boeing

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk