DTI ENQUIRY INTO FRICTION DYNAMEX

Early day motion 1649, tabled 9 September 2003 by Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru). Signed by 31 members.

That this House calls for a DTI inquiry into Friction Dynamex Ltd of Caernarfon, into the conduct of the owners since their acquisition of the company, the circumstances surrounding putting the company into administration, the opening of another company shortly thereafter on the same site, Dynamex Friction, engaged in the same business, and run by a former associate of the previous owners, and for the potential loss of compensation owed to the sacked former workers following their successful industrial tribunal case; and calls for the DTI to co-operate with any investigation by the Welsh Assembly Government into grant aid given to that company.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Liberal Democrat 6, Plaid Cymru 4, Labour/Co-operative 2.