Working Children At Risk (EDM2777)

Working Children At Risk

EDM number 2777 in 2005-06, proposed by Michael Meacher on 17/10/2006.

That this House notes 607 school age children were injured at work in 2004-05 according to the Health and Safety Executive; condemns the Government's decision to abandon all but one of the proposals in the 2004 Better Regulation Task Force report to improve workplace safety for under-16s; further notes the report sought to streamline the confusing morass of local and national laws governing the employment of children; further notes that according to the TUC under-16s rarely have work permits or risk assessments in line with the Children and Young Persons Act 1933; is concerned that this lack of oversight can lead to children working in dangerous, unsuitable circumstances; further notes a 15-year-old boy lost his hand in machinery whilst working in a shop in Oldham on 16th September; and further calls on the Government to implement the findings of the 2004 Better Regulation Task Force by consolidating child employment legislation and introducing a system of registration in which employers register with their local authority as an employer of school age children, rather than applying for a permit for each child employee.

This motion has been signed by a total of 48 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Meacher	17/10/2006	Oldham West and Royton	Labour	Proposed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2006	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Joan Walley	17/10/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	17/10/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Alan Meale	18/10/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Robert Wareing	18/10/2006	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Seconded
Rudi Vis	18/10/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	18/10/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/10/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/10/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	18/10/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/10/2006	Edinburgh North and Leith	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	18/10/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	18/10/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	19/10/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/10/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/10/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	19/10/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Drew	19/10/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	19/10/2006	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	19/10/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/10/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	19/10/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/10/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	23/10/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	23/10/2006	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/10/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	23/10/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/10/2006	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/10/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	24/10/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Anderson	24/10/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/10/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Hywel Francis	25/10/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
John Austin	25/10/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	25/10/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	25/10/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	26/10/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	26/10/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	26/10/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/10/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	31/10/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	31/10/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	31/10/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	02/11/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Eric Illsley	06/11/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	06/11/2006	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed

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