Parliament Website

British Construction Jobs

EDM number 789 in 2008-09, proposed by Alan Meale on 11/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Construction industry.

That this House is concerned about problems arising from the fact that many construction companies operating in the UK, especially in the energy sector and subsidiary companies sub-contracting to them, are declining to hire and in some cases refusing to consider the employment of British and local labour into their workforces; understands that the application of the EU Posted Workers Directive introduced to provide minimum protection for workers posted abroad is regularly cited by them as being to blame for this; believes instead that whilst it is clearly woefully inadequate to deal with present trends, it is being misinterpreted by many construction companies to their advantage; and calls on the Government to heed the call of the construction trades unions that a solution to current problems will only be found when a register of mandatory universally applicable collective agreements is established, which would end the exploitation and undercutting of workers in this and other industries in the UK and elsewhere throughout Europe.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale11/02/2009MansfieldLabourProposed
Lindsay Hoyle11/02/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
David Crausby11/02/2009Bolton North EastLabourSeconded
Jim Sheridan11/02/2009Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSeconded
Rudi Vis11/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
John McDonnell11/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Bill Etherington11/02/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/02/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones12/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Chaytor12/02/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
David Drew23/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Robert Wareing23/02/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Mike Hancock23/02/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore23/02/2009HendonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/02/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
John Mann23/02/2009BassetlawLabourSigned
Brian Iddon23/02/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara24/02/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/02/2009GowerLabourSigned
Michael Clapham24/02/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen24/02/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Alan Simpson25/02/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Colin Burgon25/02/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey25/02/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned
Janet Dean27/02/2009BurtonLabourSigned
David Anderson02/03/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
John Mason02/03/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Brian Jenkins05/03/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/03/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned

Download raw data as csv or xml.