Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Lazarowicz (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Tuesday, 20 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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PROPOSED CLOSURE OF CHAMBERS HARRAP, EDINBURGH

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.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2109 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Iris Robinson

Jeremy Corbyn

Ann Cryer

David Hamilton

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

Subjects

Employment Media

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk