Mark Lazarowicz: Edinburgh North & Leith

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	VA Tech Engineering
	Mr. Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh, North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op): My hon. Friend is aware of the threatened closure of the VA Tech engineering plant in my constituency, a state-of-the-art modern plant, with the possible loss of 250 jobs. Now that that company, which was owned by an Austrian multinational, has itself been taken over by a larger multinational, will she urge the new owners to back the work of the task group set up by local management, trade unions and the local enterprise company to try to keep this important manufacturing facility in Edinburgh and in Scotland, and will she ask her office to do what it can to back the work of the task group? The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mrs. Anne McGuire): I know that my hon. Friend has been active in the campaign to save VA Tech transformers plant in Leith, and I am also aware that there is a great deal of involvement on the part of local agencies, including Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian, in that. We will continue to keep an eye on the situation as it develops and work with colleagues as appropriate.

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