§ Mr. Jim Lester (Broxtowe)I beg to ask leave to present a petition on behalf of the employees of the Plessey factory in my constituency. This is the first of a series of petitions from the employees of Plessey factories throughout the United Kingdom. The petitioners object to the takeover by General Electric plc of the company. They fear for their jobs, for research and for the creation of a monopoly. The prayer of the petition states;
We, your Petitioners, ask your honourable House to urge the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to take all such steps as are open to him to preventthe said takeover.
§ To lie upon the Table.