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Adjournment debate on Tuesday, 26 January 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Lynne Jones. The answering member was Ian Lucas.

Cadbury

Adjournment debate on the future of Cadbury.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
504 c782-90 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lynne Jones | 504 c784 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman's words condemn him themselves, in terms of his attitude towards the...
Lynne Jones | 504 c783 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly right. My hon. Friend makes my point for me.
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Lynne Jones | 504 c788 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister intend to address my point about predatory takeovers and the involvement of hedge ...
Ian Lucas | 504 c787 (Link to this contribution) I well understand and appreciate the level of concern that this proposal is causing to local MPs and...
Peter Luff | 504 c787 (Link to this contribution) What I am concerned about is that for months Ministers in the Department, particularly the Secretary...
Ian Lucas | 504 c788 (Link to this contribution) I must make some progress. I might then be able to give way later. The second question relates to t...
Ian Lucas | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. We should reflect on that and recognise that there were concerns about jobs before the propo...
Lord Mann | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister recognise the importance of the fight of the workers in Keynsham, backed by their ...
Tony Wright | 504 c786-7 (Link to this contribution) As someone who has lived in Bourneville for the past 35 years—within inhaling distance of the chocol...
Ian Lucas | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones) for introducing t...
David Winnick | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, what is happening regarding Cadbury concerns Birmingham, and rightly so, but will the Min...
Lynne Jones | 504 c785 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and I will mention such assurances later. As a result of the ...
Speaker | 504 c783-4 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think that personalities are best kept out of this. This is a serious subject about which m...
Bill Wiggin | 504 c783 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I believe that, perhaps inadvertently, the hon. Member for ...
Lynne Jones | 504 c784-5 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It is quite clear from the number of Members attending this debate t...
Speaker | 504 c784 (Link to this contribution) Order— ... Order. I have ruled that the hon. Gentleman's original intervention was not a point of or...
Bill Wiggin | 504 c784 (Link to this contribution) Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is it in order that those hon. Members, both of ...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 504 c783 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend share my outrage that the hon. Member for Leominster (Bill Wiggin) saw fit, when...
Lynne Jones | 504 c783 (Link to this contribution) We have an excellent work force at Cadbury who have committed themselves to working hard—
Lynne Jones | 504 c782-3 (Link to this contribution) A week today, we will know whether Cadbury shareholders have succumbed to the offer from Kraft, wort...
Ian Lucas | 504 c788-90 (Link to this contribution) I do intend to address the issue of long-term investment, if I am allowed to proceed. I recognise th...
Ian Lucas | 504 c787-8 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is patient, I shall discuss the Government's powers. We are determined that th...
Jim Cunningham | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) Cadbury is an institution in this country. We have people in Coventry who work for Cadbury. More imp...
Ian Lucas | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. I was going on to say that Cadbury employs 5,700 people at eight manufacturing locations acr...
Richard Burden | 504 c785 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent case. No doubt she will refer to some of the assurances that Kraft...
Ian Lucas | 504 c786 (Link to this contribution) I will go on to discuss such matters if I can make some progress. Cadbury is a multimillion pound c...
Subjects
Companies Employment Takeovers Economic recession Cadbury Kraft Foods
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