RAIL WORKERS' PENSIONS (EDM1681)

RAIL WORKERS' PENSIONS

EDM number 1681 in 2005-06, proposed by John McDonnell on 16/02/2006.

That this House is deeply alarmed at the attempts by railways employers substantially to increase employee pension contributions; notes this will not only be detrimental to rail workers' earnings but will threaten the future viability of the Railways Pension Scheme by forcing existing members to opt out, and deterring new members from joining; is concerned that rail employers are considering closing scheme sections, raising retirement ages and reducing benefits; believes the threat to rail workers' pensions is a direct result of the fragmentation of the Railways Pension Scheme and of employers taking pension holidays; strongly supports the rail unions' campaign to cap employees' contributions, maintain existing benefit rates, simplify the Railways Pension Scheme's structure and open the Scheme to all staff; and therefore urges the Government to do all within its power to protect the pensions of rail workers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John McDonnell	16/02/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Proposed
Alan Simpson	16/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Seconded
Katy Clark	16/02/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Seconded
Linda Riordan	16/02/2006	Halifax	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	16/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	16/02/2006	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	27/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/02/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/02/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	27/02/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	28/02/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	28/02/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	28/02/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	28/02/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	01/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	01/03/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/03/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Drew	01/03/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/03/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/03/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/03/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	02/03/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	02/03/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/03/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	07/03/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	10/03/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/03/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/03/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	29/03/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	18/04/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	18/04/2006	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	20/04/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	24/04/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
John Smith	27/04/2006	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	02/05/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	02/05/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	02/05/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/05/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	02/05/2006	Central Ayrshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	03/05/2006	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Rosie Cooper	03/05/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/05/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/05/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/05/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	08/05/2006	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	09/05/2006	Selby	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	10/05/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	10/05/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Horam	10/05/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	15/05/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	16/05/2006	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Meg Hillier	17/05/2006	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/05/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	24/05/2006	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	25/05/2006	Dover	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	25/05/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	20/06/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/10/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed

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