SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1278 Title : Scottish Parliament: Motions and Amendments: 1999 S1M-248 Author(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Copyright holder(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: © Scottish Parliamentary copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Queen's Printer for Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Text S1M-248 Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab) : Marks and Spencer— That the Parliament regrets the decision of Marks and Spencer PLC to outsource supplies for clothing from quality Scottish companies such as Daks-Simpson Ltd and Bairds to offshore suppliers; recognises the considerable skills, dedication, commitment and expertise of the workforce at Daks-Simpson Ltd and Bairds, and calls upon the Scottish Executive and the economic development agencies to work with these companies to identify new business opportunities and safeguard jobs. Supported by: Bristow Muldoon, Janis Hughes, David Mundell, Fiona Hyslop, Margaret Jamieson, Cathy Jamieson, Mrs Mary Mulligan, Dr Elaine Murray, Scott Barrie, Malcolm Chisholm, Ms Margaret Curran, Rhoda Grant, Gordon Jackson, Ian Jenkins, Johann Lamont, Marilyn Livingstone, George Lyon, Maureen Macmillan, Paul Martin, Tricia Marwick, Mr John McAllion, Mr Duncan McNeil, Ms Pauline McNeill, Des McNulty, Cathy Peattie, Euan Robson, Mr Mike Rumbles, Tavish Scott, Mrs Elaine Smith, Mr Allan Wilson, Tommy Sheridan, Mr Kenneth Gibson, Mr Alex Neil, Mr Michael Matheson, Dorothy-Grace Elder, Mr Gil Paterson, Mr Michael McMahon, Mr Adam Ingram, Mr Kenny MacAskill, Trish Godman, Mr Murray Tosh, Karen Whitefield, Mike Watson, Donald Gorrie, Ms Fiona McLeod, Cathie Craigie, Kate Maclean, Mr Kenneth Macintosh, Ms Margo MacDonald, Michael Russell Lodged on 02 November 1999; not current as of 18 January 2000 This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Document source: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/sch/motions Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 1999 Word count: 215 General description: Motions and Amendments. See http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/motionsAndAmendments/index.htm Text medium Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publisher: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Publication year: 1999 Place of publication: www.scottish.parliament.uk Text setting Government/politics: Text type Prose: nonfiction: Author Author details Author id: 908 Surname: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body