BT PHONE BOOKS

Early day motion 1326, tabled 9 January 2006 by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 47 members.

That this House deplores the decision of BT to award the printing of UK phone books, a total of 171 different directories with an annual order of 20 million copies, to a Spanish company from April; notes that this will be the first time that British telephone directories will have been printed overseas in the 125 years directories have existed; and calls on BT to recognise that, since it relies on customers in the UK to support its business interests, the least it can do is to support UK print workers in the placing of its phone books printing contract.

Signatures by party: Labour 26, Liberal Democrat 9, DUP 6, Conservative 4, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.