Malcolm Moss meets with representatives from Remploy’s Wisbech factory

This week (17^th July 2007) Malcolm Moss MP met with Michael Doherty from the T&G Union and four representatives from the Remploy factory in Wisbech.

In a meeting in the House of Commons Malcolm Moss listened to views of employees and took on board their desire to develop the facilities and operations in the Wisbech factory which would require new contracts and orders from businesses in the Fenland area.

Malcolm Moss was involved in the re-structuring of Remploy when they moved from the horticultural station to their present premises in Venture Court and in fact he was invited to open the new premises in October 2005. In light of recent news that the factory is under threat of closure Malcolm Moss recently held a meeting in his office in the House of Commons with the Chairman of Remploy Ian Russell and he was able to put forward a full range of questions about the Wisbech factory’s future.

Malcolm Moss MP said:

“I was given assurances that there would be no compulsory redundancies but of course these assurances are not guaranteed forever. Taken at face value these should ensure the survival of the factory at Wisbech; an outcome that I fully support. I was pleased to give the Remploy visitors a full guided tour of the Houses of Parliament and I have agreed to visit the Remploy factory in the next few weeks to meet up with all the workers and discuss the issues facing them now.”