Rana Plaza

EDM number 131 in 2014-15, proposed by Jim Fitzpatrick on 18/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Companies, Industrial health and safety and Manufacturing industries.

That this House recalls that the victims of the Rana Plaza have yet to be fully compensated; welcomes the fundraising efforts which have been undertaken to meet the Rana Plaza Arrangement compensation fund negotiated under the auspices of the International Labour Organization by employers and unions in Bangladesh and globally and by the government of Bangladesh; urges companies sourcing from Bangladesh, and especially those sourcing from Rana Plaza, to make sufficient contributions to meet the £24 million target by July 2014; and calls on the Government to encourage companies to do so.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.