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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE (15 March 2000)

Motion Details

That this House congratulates the Institution of Mechanical Engineers for its recent Manufacturing Excellence: Competitiveness in Manufacturing debate, which found that the way for the UK engineering firms to compete with their international counterparts is to share knowledge and best practice within the sector;recognises the significant contribution made by mechanical engineers to the quality of people's lives and to the economy; looks forward to seeing the best in innovative ideas from UK manufacturers recognised in the Institution's MX2000 Awards; and welcomes the publication of the Government's policy document, Manufacturing in the Knowledge Driven Economy, which recognises the vital role which manufacturing plays in the economic well being of UK plc.

Sponsored by:
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
62
70%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
9
10%
 
 
Conservative
8
9%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
2
2%
 
 
Independent
2
2%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Not Available
1
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
1
1%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (89 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Lord Anderson of Swansea
Lab
John Austin
Lab
Mr Nigel Beard
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Liz Blackman
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Roger Casale
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Eric Clarke
Lab
Michael Connarty
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Lord Corbett of Castle Vale
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Sponsor)
Lab
Tam Dalyell
Lab
Mr Keith Darvill
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Ron Davies
Lab
Jim Dobbin
Lab
Bill Etherington
LD
Lord Fearn
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Lab
Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland
WPB
George Galloway
IGC
Mike Gapes
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Lab
Baroness Golding
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
Mr Tommy Graham
Lab
Mr Win Griffiths
Lab
Patrick Hall
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lord Jones
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Lab
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Ind
Mr Paul Marsden
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
Lab
Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Mr Peter Pike
Lab
Sir Raymond Powell
Lab
Mr Gordon Prentice
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Lab
Syd Rapson
Lab
Mr Andy Reed
Lab
Mr Ernie Ross
Lab
Lord Rowlands
Lab
Phil Sawford
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Lab
Lord Snape
Lab
Dr Phyllis Starkey
Lab
Ian Stewart
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
Lab
Mr Mark Todd
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Dr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
Tony Worthington
Lab
Mr Anthony Wright

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