PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
JOB LOSSES AT GALLAHERS CIGARETTE DISTRIBUTION UNIT, NORTHOLT (8 December 1994)

That this House deeply regrets the loss of 204 jobs at Gallahers Distribution in Northolt following repeated and heavy increases in cigarette taxation; notes that smokers are turning in large numbers to smuggled and cheaper, less heavily taxed foreign cigarettes from France, Germany and other countries; greatly regrets that jobs of British citizens are therefore being transferred to other countries; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to reconsider its strategy of severe increases in tobacco taxation in view of the foregoing.

Sponsored by:
Harry Greenway (Conservative)