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WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY (No. 4)

EDM number 1934 in 2008-09, proposed by John Mann on 20/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Industrial health and safety.

That this House notes a desire to remember those who are injured or killed in the workplace; supports measures that reduce the number of workplace fatalities and campaigns which advance improved working conditions for the living; recognises substantial union support for an official commemoration of workplace injuries and fatalities; notes that the Workers' Memorial Day, officially celebrated around the world on 28 April, is a major event on the trade union calendar; notes that it provides an opportunity to reflect on workplace illness, injury, death and their causes; and calls on the Government to recognise Workers' Memorial Day as a public holiday.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John Mann20/07/2009BassetlawLabourProposed
Harry Cohen20/07/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins20/07/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley20/07/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell20/07/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan20/07/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Neil Gerrard21/07/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle21/07/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell21/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/07/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore21/07/2009HendonLabourSigned
David Drew21/07/2009StroudLabourSigned
Andrew George21/07/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds21/07/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Brian Iddon21/07/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Eric Illsley21/07/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Robert Wareing13/10/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
David Taylor13/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell13/10/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Gwyn Prosser13/10/2009DoverLabourSigned
Martin Caton13/10/2009GowerLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn14/10/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Kim Howells14/10/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
David Anderson15/10/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Lady Hermon15/10/2009North DownUUPSigned
Andy Reed15/10/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber16/10/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Frank Doran16/10/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes19/10/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham19/10/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Ian McCartney20/10/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Katy Clark21/10/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Hamilton22/10/2009MidlothianLabourSigned

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