That this House expresses its concern at the actions of the senior management of the Australian Mutual Provident in proposing the closure of its United Kingdom Head Office at Croydon and transferring work to the Head Office of its subsidiary Pearl Assurance in Peterborough; calls upon Australian Mutual Provident to withdraw its proposals and to negotiate with the recognised trade union, the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Union, arrangements which provide continued employment in Croydon; notes that the proposed closure in July of this year is in breach of the promises given to the 300 staff that the Croydon site was safe and the future of the site would not even be considered for a period of five years, and that the loss of jobs inflicts yet another blow on employment prospects in Croydon where already 9 per cent. of those eligible to work are jobless; and believes that the Australian Mutual Provident job cuts are an unnecessary burden on the employees and the community and add another set of statistics to the rising loss of jobs in the insurance industry.

That this House expresses its concern at the actions of the senior management of the Australian Mutual Provident in proposing the closure of its United Kingdom Head Office at Croydon and transferring work to the Head Office of its subsidiary Pearl Assurance in Peterborough; calls upon Australian Mutual Provident to...

That this House welcomes the end of the cold war and the potential benefits that the peace dividend could bring to manufacturing and the wider community; notes however, that something in the region of 100,000 defence jobs have been lost since the Options for Change programme was announced just over 18 months ago, in addition to the 145,000 jobs which disappeared in the defence industries throughout the 1980s, a period of expansion in defence spending; further notes that this has meant disaster for local economies as well as for individual defence workers and their families and has replaced fear of the bomb with fear of the dole queue; further notes that the defence industry accounts for one in 10 manufacturing jobs and 10 per cent. of manufacturing output and that defence is located in the high technology industries which are essential for industrial regeneration making defence diversification a key issue of industrial policy; believes than an issue of this importance cannot simply be left to the market; notes that the reality of the Government's laissez faire approach is that companies are simply closing down their defence plants with no benefit to defence workers or to the industrial economy as a whole; recognises that Ministers have a responsibility to protect and enhance Britain's manufacturing economy, as well as a direct responsibility for workers employed by the Ministry of Defence, British industry's largest single customer; and calls on the relevant Ministers, as a matter of priority, to establish a Defence Diversification Agency to assist the industry in identifying and exploiting civil markets thus protecting jobs and the manufacturing base.

That this House welcomes the end of the cold war and the potential benefits that the peace dividend could bring to manufacturing and the wider community; notes however, that something in the region of 100,000 defence jobs have been lost since the Options for Change programme was announced just over...

That this House expresses deep concern at British Telecom's latest announcement about telephone exchange closures and staff redundancy; notes that 14 operator assistance centres will close, including Waltham Cross, Croydon, Ilford, Ealing, Watford, Nottingham, Brighton and Swansea; further notes 13 directory assistance centres will close, including Bradford, Preston, Bolton, Peterborough, Reading and Portsmouth; understands in Bradford there are claims that calls have been switched to York to justify the closure of facilities in Bradford and that working shifts have been re-organised dramatically without proper consultation or notice; and calls upon British Telecom to halt their latest closure and redundancy programme pending an enquiry conducted by the appropriate House of Commons Select Committee in which all interested parties would have the opportunity of expressing views about the future development of this vital communications service.

That this House expresses deep concern at British Telecom's latest announcement about telephone exchange closures and staff redundancy; notes that 14 operator assistance centres will close, including Waltham Cross, Croydon, Ilford, Ealing, Watford, Nottingham, Brighton and Swansea; further notes 13 directory assistance centres will close, including Bradford, Preston, Bolton, Peterborough,...

That this House is appalled and shocked at the manner in which 700 employees of the Sun Alliance Insurance Company in Bristol were advised of a number of redundancies; is further dismayed that the company has refused and continues to refuse to establish a voluntary redundancy register to deal with possible job losses; notes that having consulted psychologists on the procedure they intended to use, the Company gave morning briefings of the number of intended redundancies and kept staff waiting at their desks all day whilst individuals were selected by management to be told they were potentially redundant and sent home; and believes that this treatment is totally unacceptable and tantamount to psychological torture both for those losing their jobs and those who spent all day in stressful circumstances in fear of being selected.

That this House is appalled and shocked at the manner in which 700 employees of the Sun Alliance Insurance Company in Bristol were advised of a number of redundancies; is further dismayed that the company has refused and continues to refuse to establish a voluntary redundancy register to deal with...

That this House notes that when the honourable Member for Fylde referred on radio to redundant skilled workers at BAe as being 'liberated' he also suggested that they might be absorbed by small businesses; further notes that this shows little knowledge of the economic situation in the North West where, for example, Trade Indemnity, an independent credit insurance group estimates that business failure rose by 50 per cent. between the third quarter 1990 and the third quarter 1991, and Dun and Bradstreet, a business information company, calculated that there were 2892 business failures during the first nine months of 1991, an increase of 56.7 per cent. on the same period in 1990; and also wonders how many of the small businesses which are left could supply work suitable for skilled aerospace technicians.

That this House notes that when the honourable Member for Fylde referred on radio to redundant skilled workers at BAe as being 'liberated' he also suggested that they might be absorbed by small businesses; further notes that this shows little knowledge of the economic situation in the North West where,...

That this House insists that the Prime Minister, the Welsh Office and the Welsh Development Agency end their silence and inactivity on the stripping of assets from Inmos Ltd. by their French/Italian parent company Thomson SGS; notes that job cuts have reduced the workforce by half, many of the jobs having been exported overseas, and millions of pounds worth of production equipment has been shipped by Grenoble and Singapore; is alarmed that the British Government has failed to recognise the importance of the British high technology industry and refused to invest in British firms on the scale of French and Italian Governments; and believes that British technology and national trading strength would be seriously and irretrievably damaged if the British-invented and produced 'superchip', the transputer, now poised for mass use in colour fax machines and high definition computers, is asset-stripped from Britain by a French-Italian multi-national company, losing for Britain a rare and valuable lead in technology originally paid for by the British taxpayers.

That this House insists that the Prime Minister, the Welsh Office and the Welsh Development Agency end their silence and inactivity on the stripping of assets from Inmos Ltd. by their French/Italian parent company Thomson SGS; notes that job cuts have reduced the workforce by half, many of the jobs...

That this House deplores the intransigence of the management of GEC Switchgear, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, in its deliberations with representatives of the workforce and its insistence on the compulsory redundancies of 142 workers, when an interim result announcement shows profits of ??346 million and an order book currently standing at ??10.8 billion, looks forward to achieving long-term growth and boasts increased expenditure on research and development; realises that obviously these statistics are meaningless to the sacked workers at the Openshaw factory who are regarded by the management as surplus to requirements; regrets that the workers will themselves become mere statistics on the ever-increasing scrap heap of the unemployed; and calls on the Chairman and top management to intervene to save the jobs and future of this company.

That this House deplores the intransigence of the management of GEC Switchgear, Higher Openshaw, Manchester, in its deliberations with representatives of the workforce and its insistence on the compulsory redundancies of 142 workers, when an interim result announcement shows profits of ??346 million and an order book currently standing at...

That this House condemns Bass plc, a brewing conglomerate, for its plans to close the Heriot Brewery, Edinburgh, and Hope Brewery, Sheffield, throwing hundreds of workers on to the scrapheap of unemployment; and supports the efforts of the trade unions in the defence of jobs in this important industry.

That this House condemns Bass plc, a brewing conglomerate, for its plans to close the Heriot Brewery, Edinburgh, and Hope Brewery, Sheffield, throwing hundreds of workers on to the scrapheap of unemployment; and supports the efforts of the trade unions in the defence of jobs in this important industry.

That this House deplores the announcement by J & P Coats (UK) Ltd. that it intends closing the last of its thread manufacturing mills in Paisley with the potential loss of 320 jobs; recalls that the company was founded in Paisley and has attained its current multinational status largely through the efforts of generations of Paisley mill-workers who are now to be abandoned; believes that company owes a debt of loyalty to the town and the workers; further believes that there is a sound economic argument for the retention of thread manufacture in Paisley by J & P Coats; calls upon the company to invest in and expand its Paisley operation; and wishes every success to the workforce's campaign to make the directors of J & P Coats see sense.

That this House deplores the announcement by J & P Coats (UK) Ltd. that it intends closing the last of its thread manufacturing mills in Paisley with the potential loss of 320 jobs; recalls that the company was founded in Paisley and has attained its current multinational status largely through...

That this House is outraged by the destruction of Paisley's manufacturing base since the Conservatives came to power; notes that in a reply to the honourable Member for Paisley South the Scottish Industry Minister admitted that between 1979 and 1989 Paisley postcode area lost an astounding 76 per cent. of its manufacturing jobs; notes that this figure does not include further massive job losses in the last two years; notes that most of these losses are attributable to Her Majesty's Government's home-grown recessions since 1979; further believes that it is high time that the Government properly supported Renfrew District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council in their vigorous effort to encourage inward investment to the area; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to help the economy of the Paisley area either by launching a major economic initiative or by resigning so that Labour's sensible and coherent economic policies can be implemented.

That this House is outraged by the destruction of Paisley's manufacturing base since the Conservatives came to power; notes that in a reply to the honourable Member for Paisley South the Scottish Industry Minister admitted that between 1979 and 1989 Paisley postcode area lost an astounding 76 per cent. of...

That this House is opposed to the privatisation of the work of the Royal Parks; recognises the high standards of horticulture and the Parks' world-wide reputation; and condemns the Government's decision to issue redundancy notices and not to allow the existing teams of gardeners to tender for the new contracts.

That this House is opposed to the privatisation of the work of the Royal Parks; recognises the high standards of horticulture and the Parks' world-wide reputation; and condemns the Government's decision to issue redundancy notices and not to allow the existing teams of gardeners to tender for the new contracts.

That this House is appalled at the cavalier and dismissive attitude of the Prime Minister in responding to the question from the honourable Member for Falkirk East on Tuesday, 5th November on the 169 job losses announced by British Alcan Aluminium plc, at their factory in Bainsford, Falkirk; and calls upon the Prime Minister to at least show some concern for those who are made unemployed and the hardship it brings to them and their families.

That this House is appalled at the cavalier and dismissive attitude of the Prime Minister in responding to the question from the honourable Member for Falkirk East on Tuesday, 5th November on the 169 job losses announced by British Alcan Aluminium plc, at their factory in Bainsford, Falkirk; and calls...

That this House notes the contrast between the exorbitant salaries paid to the Chairman and Managing Director of British Telecom and the current policy of depressing staff pay whilst simultaneously contracting out low-paid manual jobs and making redundant nearly 7,000 telephone operators and up to 15,000 telecommunication engineers; and further calls on British Telecom to favour the interests of customers and staff before the private greed of its senior directors.

That this House notes the contrast between the exorbitant salaries paid to the Chairman and Managing Director of British Telecom and the current policy of depressing staff pay whilst simultaneously contracting out low-paid manual jobs and making redundant nearly 7,000 telephone operators and up to 15,000 telecommunication engineers; and further...