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Employment Bill And Seafarers

EDM number 1006 in 2007-08, proposed by Gwyn Prosser on 21/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Equality, Pay and Shipping.

That this House welcomes the introduction of the Employment Bill which seeks to clarify and strengthen the enforcement framework for the national minimum wage; further welcomes the fact that the minimum wage applies to non-UK workers provided that they are employed in a UK workplace; is extremely concerned that non-domiciled seafarers working in UK territorial waters or on UK-registered ships are excluded from this protection; is alarmed that this has contributed to poverty wages and widespread exploitation of non-domiciled seafarers on UK ships and in UK territorial waters; therefore urges the Government to amend the Employment Bill to ensure that all seafarers employed in UK territorial waters and on UK ships receive the protection of the national minimum wage; notes that such changes to the minimum wage for seafarers were first recommended by the Low Pay Commission in 2000 and would also be consistent with other protective measures already in place for all seafarers such as the Hours of Work Regulations, the Disability Discrimination Act and the Corporate Manslaughter Act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 77 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Gwyn Prosser21/02/2008DoverLabourProposed
Katy Clark21/02/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Diane Abbott21/02/2008Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSeconded
Bill Etherington21/02/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSeconded
John McDonnell21/02/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Joe Benton21/02/2008BootleLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn21/02/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer21/02/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice22/02/2008PendleLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins22/02/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon22/02/2008Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore22/02/2008HendonLabourSigned
David Drew22/02/2008StroudLabourSigned
Mark Durkan22/02/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Peter Bottomley22/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Dai Havard25/02/2008Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Andrew George25/02/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis25/02/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Martin Caton25/02/2008GowerLabourSigned
David Lepper25/02/2008Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Lynne Jones25/02/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden26/02/2008Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Jim Devine26/02/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
Desmond Turner26/02/2008Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin26/02/2008Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Janet Dean26/02/2008BurtonLabourSigned
David Crausby26/02/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Michael Clapham26/02/2008Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Colin Burgon26/02/2008ElmetLabourSigned
Alan Meale26/02/2008MansfieldLabourSigned
Bob Spink27/02/2008Castle PointConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins27/02/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell27/02/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock27/02/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis27/02/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Robert Wareing27/02/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Linda Riordan27/02/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Joan Humble28/02/2008Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell03/03/2008Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Betty Williams03/03/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Anderson04/03/2008BlaydonLabourSigned
Clive Efford04/03/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster05/03/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned
Clare Short11/03/2008Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/03/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Gary Streeter11/03/2008South West DevonConservativeSigned
Marsha Singh12/03/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty12/03/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/03/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Gavin Strang13/03/2008Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Kate Hoey13/03/2008VauxhallLabourSigned
Eric Illsley25/03/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Andy Reed02/04/2008LoughboroughLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd30/04/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Austin Mitchell02/06/2008Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Colin Challen02/06/2008Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Joan Walley02/06/2008Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dowd04/06/2008Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Louise Ellman05/06/2008Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
Ian Stewart05/06/2008EcclesLabourSigned
Andrew Love05/06/2008EdmontonLabourSigned
Michael Connarty06/06/2008Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham09/06/2008Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Roger Berry09/06/2008KingswoodLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd10/06/2008Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry11/06/2008Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Nick Ainger11/06/2008Carmarthen West and South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith11/06/2008Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Richard Burden17/06/2008Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
John Austin30/06/2008Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Anthony D Wright30/06/2008Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey10/07/2008West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Anne Moffat06/10/2008East LothianLabourSigned
Tim Farron18/11/2008Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann McKechinUnknownWithdrawn
John MacDougallUnknownWithdrawn

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