LINDSAY Hoyle has joined a last ditch Parliamentary attempt to persuade BAE Systems to abandon plans to close its Royal Ordnance Factory in Blackburn and sell another at Euxton in his Chorley constituency.
The Labour MP has joined more than a dozen others in warning that the nationwide ROF closure plan will destroy a large part of the UK's vital ammunition making capability.
Mr Hoyle wants to Ministry of Defence to stop the closures and sales while it review the impact on Britain military capabilities of having to rely on overseas suppliers.
The Commons motion has been tabled after union sources confirmed that the company is ready to implement the long-considered closure plans affecting seven sites across Britain including Blackburn and Euxton.
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