{"id":1887,"date":"2018-09-05T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/made-in-england-stamping-for-ceramics-proposed\/"},"modified":"2018-09-05T16:29:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:29:53","slug":"made-in-england-stamping-for-ceramics-proposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/made-in-england-stamping-for-ceramics-proposed\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Made in England&#8217; stamping for ceramics proposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Kiln at Middleport\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/D123\/production\/_90093535__75723897_dsc_0056.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Stoke-on-Trent has a long history of producing ceramics<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Ceramics produced abroad that are being sold as British are undercutting the industry, an MP has said.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Smeeth, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, proposed mandatory country of origin stamps to protect products made in Stoke-on-Trent.<\/p>\n<p>She told the House of Commons the area, known as the Potteries, has a reputation for ceramics which has been cultivated &#8220;over centuries&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;Made in England&#8217; stamp would be a &#8220;guarantee of craftsmanship&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-england-birmingham-45375011\" class=\"story-body__link\">Midlands Live: Debit card glitch means thousands charged twice; dozens of pupils &#8216;isolated for wearing the wrong trousers&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Ruth Smeeth MP said British ceramics are being undercut by cheaper foreign products<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ms Smeeth told MPs that stamping would help &#8220;create a level playing field&#8221; for locally produced ceramics that face competition from cheaper mass produced wares from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Stoke-on-Trent has a reputation as the ceramics heartland, with more than 2,000 ovens and kilns firing millions of pottery products during the Industrial Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>The GMB union estimates the UK ceramics industry to be worth \u00a33bn each year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent produces more than one million pieces of pottery each year<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The success of our ceramic industry is built on our reputation,&#8221; Ms Smeeth said, &#8220;a reputation for quality that has been cultivated not over decades but over centuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consumers must have faith that the products on our shelves and those we export are truly what their labels claim they are,&#8221; she said, calling on ministers to &#8220;make buy British more than just a slogan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Her Ceramic (Country of Origin) Bill is listed for a second reading in Parliament on 26 October.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-45419780\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image caption Stoke-on-Trent has a long history of producing ceramics Ceramics produced abroad that are being sold as British are undercutting the industry, an MP has said. Ruth Smeeth, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, proposed mandatory country of origin stamps to protect products made in Stoke-on-Trent. 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