Department For Communities And Local Government And Trade Unions

EDM number 446 in 2013-14, proposed by Ian Davidson on 18/07/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Central government, Civil Service and Industrial relations.

That this House is deeply disappointed that the Government has imposed a cut in trade union facility time across the Civil Service without using the agreed negotiation channels; recognises that there needs to be an adequate amount of time for trade union representatives to carry out statutory and other trade union duties, including health and safety and trade union learning; is therefore shocked that the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Planning Inspectorate have had imposed the equivalent of an 80 per cent cut to current facility time levels; believes that this provocation will worsen the morale of staff in DCLG, already 93rd out of 97 in terms of staff engagement in the Civil Service Departments' annual staff survey in 2012; and therefore calls on the Government immediately to reinstate the facility time previously agreed by all parties, return to agreed trade union negotiations processes and adopt a more constructive approach with unions in DCLG.

This motion has been signed by a total of 7 MPs.