That this House is dismayed by the 450 redundancies at TRW Burnley announced on 2nd March; believes that every step possible should be taken to save these jobs and ensure the safeguarding of the other jobs at the Burnley site; expresses concern at sourcing production of car switchgear and components outside the EU as proposed by TRW; believes that these actions should be reconsidered; and recognises that Government assistance to the Rover Group should require United Kingdom production of components, wherever possible to keep employment in the car industry and motor component industry in the United Kingdom.

That this House is dismayed by the 450 redundancies at TRW Burnley announced on 2nd March; believes that every step possible should be taken to save these jobs and ensure the safeguarding of the other jobs at the Burnley site; expresses concern at sourcing production of car switchgear and components...

That this House views with serious concern the decision by First North Western to withdraw platform staff from Central Station, Warrington, and leave the station unstaffed from 8.40 p.m.; notes that the station provides important public transport services for people travelling to and from work or using the facilities of Warrington Town Centre; considers that staffing of this station is essential to ensure that all members of the local community and particularly people with disabilities can access the public rail services effectively and in comfort; believes that the proposed staff cuts pose an unacceptable risk to the safety of passengers and that public safety, particularly the safety of women travellers and those travelling alone at night, requires that this important station should be staffed; and calls on First North Western to restore public confidence in their ability to provide appropriate services by cancelling the proposed job cuts at Warrington Central Station.

That this House views with serious concern the decision by First North Western to withdraw platform staff from Central Station, Warrington, and leave the station unstaffed from 8.40 p.m.; notes that the station provides important public transport services for people travelling to and from work or using the facilities of...

That this House recognises the real contribution to informedreporting of the House's proceedings provided by BBC Radio in 'Yesterday in Parliament' and 'Today' and the television programme 'The Record'; and is deeply concerned about the proposals to make six out of the 16 journalists who presently contribute to these programmes redundant, resulting inevitably in a serious reduction in both quantity and quality of radio and television reporting of Parliament.

That this House recognises the real contribution to informedreporting of the House's proceedings provided by BBC Radio in 'Yesterday in Parliament' and 'Today' and the television programme 'The Record'; and is deeply concerned about the proposals to make six out of the 16 journalists who presently contribute to these programmes...

That this House is both amazed and appalled that at a time when the Prison Service is to undergo massive budget cuts over the next three years, when prison officers are being asked to take voluntary redundancy and there is a threat of compulsory redundancies, the Home Secretary has announced that the prison population will rise by approximately 11,000 over the next two years and that 25 new jails will need to be constructed over the next 10 to 12 years; and consequently demands to know why, with a rising prison population, savage cuts and less staff are required, ultimately putting the general public at risk.

That this House is both amazed and appalled that at a time when the Prison Service is to undergo massive budget cuts over the next three years, when prison officers are being asked to take voluntary redundancy and there is a threat of compulsory redundancies, the Home Secretary has announced...

That this House condemns the rapacious pricing policy of Marks and Spencer's which, according to Coates Viyella, is forcing them to close their St. Helens shirt factory with the loss of 386 jobs, and where wages are only ??150-??160 per week, and transfer the factory's production to low wage factories in Mauritius and Morocco; and therefore calls upon Marks and Spencers to review this situation and continue to accept shirts from St. Helens, thereby maintaining British jobs.

That this House condemns the rapacious pricing policy of Marks and Spencer's which, according to Coates Viyella, is forcing them to close their St. Helens shirt factory with the loss of 386 jobs, and where wages are only ??150-??160 per week, and transfer the factory's production to low wage factories...

That this House notes with grave concern that the Construction Industry Training Board has recently announced, without consultation with employees or local honourable Members, a restructuring of its operations and a relocation of its headquarters with total redundancies of 379 people at a cost of ??12.6 million; further notes that the relocation of its headquarters from West Norfolk to an, as yet to be acquired, new office block in Peterborough, will result in the loss of 291 jobs in a rural community; expresses disbelief that the board voted 9 to 6 to relocate to Peterborough without even considering the far cheaper option of retaining its headquarters in existing buildings; and urges the incoming Chairman, Mr Hugh Try, to recommend that these proposals are reversed.

That this House notes with grave concern that the Construction Industry Training Board has recently announced, without consultation with employees or local honourable Members, a restructuring of its operations and a relocation of its headquarters with total redundancies of 379 people at a cost of ??12.6 million; further notes that...

That this House deplores the threatened mass redundancies at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology which will seriously jeopardise further education possibilities in South Yorkshire; and urges the Department for Education and Employment to institute an immediate inquiry into the corporate management of the college in addition to requesting the Further Education Funding Council to lift the financial pressure on the college brought about by incompetent management which refused to consult with or pay heed to the concerns expressed by the staff about financial and other management decisions taken in recent years.

That this House deplores the threatened mass redundancies at the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology which will seriously jeopardise further education possibilities in South Yorkshire; and urges the Department for Education and Employment to institute an immediate inquiry into the corporate management of the college in addition to requesting...

That this House expresses grave concern at Her Majesty's Government's planned reduction in the British Council's grant amounting to ??22 million over the next three years; recognises the disastrous impact on the role of the British Council as the country's principal agency for cultural relations abroad; expresses utter dismay at the callous treatment to British Council employees in Manchester where they face 200 job losses and a further 300 jobs being relocated outside the city; understands that this situation arises only four years after the British Council moved 600 employees to its new site in Manchester; notes the distress caused to these families who now find themselves abandoned, without a job and with an insecure future; is appalled at Her Majesty's Government apparent lack of interest in their plight; and urges a reconsideration of these cuts which this House considers unreasonable and irrational.

That this House expresses grave concern at Her Majesty's Government's planned reduction in the British Council's grant amounting to ??22 million over the next three years; recognises the disastrous impact on the role of the British Council as the country's principal agency for cultural relations abroad; expresses utter dismay at...

That this House expresses grave concern at the decision of GEC Alsthom to relocate one of its subsidiary companies, Long and Crawford Ltd., from its present position, Gorton Road, Manchester to the GEC Alsthom site at High Openshaw, Manchester, which will create 135 redundancies in East Manchester, an area already devastated by the loss of large manufacturing industries in recent years, resulting in job losses of over 30,000; recognises that the onus for failing the employees of Long and Crawford Ltd. lies entirely with the management in allowing a profitable company, acquired in 1988, to fall into decline at the expense of its employees; condemns GEC Alsthom for taking a decision that once they had recovered the cost of acquisition, they would asset strip, close the factory, relocate, sell the land and sack 135 workers; deplores the treatment of men being made redundant who in many cases have given the company a lifetime of skilled and dedicated service; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to intervene in this and other such cases to halt the further collapse of the United Kingdom manufacturing base and retain the skills and commitment of such workers as those at Long and Crawford Ltd. before they are lost forever.

That this House expresses grave concern at the decision of GEC Alsthom to relocate one of its subsidiary companies, Long and Crawford Ltd., from its present position, Gorton Road, Manchester to the GEC Alsthom site at High Openshaw, Manchester, which will create 135 redundancies in East Manchester, an area already...