Eric Bemrose Works, Liverpool

That this House notes with alarm the proposal by News International to make over 400 workers at the Eric Bemrose Works redundant; calls upon the group to reconsider this decision, bearing in mind the impact on the Merseyside economy; further notes the fact that the group are currently recruiting some 350 staff for their new Knowsley works and calls on them to give priority to Bemrose workers when filling these vacancies; and seeks assurances over the remaining 160 or so jobs at the Bemrose Works.