LUCAS (BURNLEY)

Early day motion 1443, tabled 17 June 1998 by Peter Pike (Labour). Signed by 136 members.

That this House recognises the achievement of the Lucas Aerospace workers in Burnley and management in converting from the manufacture of MLRS rocket cases to gas bottles for compressed natural gas as an alternative environmentally friendly fuel for road vehicles; regrets that Ford Motors in the USA have failed to give sufficient orders for this product resulting in Lucas Varity deciding to cease production of gas bottles and make 70 workers redundant in July; and hopes that Enterprise PLC, Burnley Borough Council, the Lucas Varity Group and unions working with the Government will enable a solution to be achieved resulting in increased orders for gas bottles, the cancellation of the redundancies and the use of more environmentally friendly fuels for road vehicles including compressed natural gas.

Signatures by party: Labour 113, Labour/Co-operative 8, Liberal Democrat 5, Conservative 4, UUP 3, Plaid Cymru 1, UKUP 1, Unknown 1.