Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Martin of Springburn (Labour), on Thursday, 21 June 1990, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 48 members in total.

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Closure of Hanson Tobacco Factories

That this House views with grave concern the decision of the Hanson Corporation to close its tobacco factories at Glasgow, Bristol and Ipswich, resulting in the loss of over 1,300 highly skilled and loyal workers; notes that the Hanson Corporation announced that it has ú6.4 billion in a fund for purchasing and asset stripping other companies; further notes that Hanson Corporation has benefitted from the massive profits created by the workers in the tobacco industry; and therefore calls on Hanson Corporation to use these funds to diversify production, thus creating alternative employment for those made redundant from tobacco factory closures in the same local communities.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1164 

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Bristol Glasgow Ipswich Redundancy Hanson Trust

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk