BRAWN F1 TEAM

Early day motion 1217, tabled 30 March 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 12 members.

That this House congratulates the Brawn GP Formula 1 team on its remarkable success in the 2009 Australian Grand Prix; recognises that Brawn GP employs several hundred people in Britain in its Formula 1 team; notes the contribution that the Brawn Team makes to British sporting excellence and to promoting British engineering and technology and developing safer and more fuel-efficient systems for use by ordinary motorists; and calls on the Government to offer greater incentives to businesses to increase engineering and technology research and manufacturing.

Signatures by party: Labour 6, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 1, Independent 1.