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Dress Codes For Women In The Workplace

EDM number 342 in 2016-17, proposed by Philippa Whitford on 18/07/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Industrial relations and Sex discrimination.

That this House recognises the right of employers to determine a dress code for public-facing staff but does not accept that they have a right to insist on the compulsory wearing by female employees of high heels which cause short-term discomfort but long-term conditions such as hallux valgus, bunions and lower back pain; further recognises that the inability to run, along with additional sexualisation associated with some work attire, may leave women in a vulnerable or even dangerous position; and decries such stereotypical and damaging dress codes being applied to women where there is no equivalent imposed on men which risks both health and safety.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Philippa Whitford18/07/2016Central AyrshireScottish National PartyProposed
Alison Thewliss18/07/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySeconded
Kirsty Blackman18/07/2016Aberdeen NorthScottish National PartySeconded
Marion Fellows18/07/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySeconded
Deidre Brock18/07/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySeconded
Stephen Gethins18/07/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Law18/07/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Richard Arkless18/07/2016Dumfries and GallowayScottish National PartySigned
Stewart McDonald18/07/2016Glasgow SouthScottish National PartySigned
Roger Mullin18/07/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan18/07/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Jim Shannon19/07/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Martyn Day19/07/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald19/07/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts19/07/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Peter Bottomley19/07/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alan Meale19/07/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Ian Blackford19/07/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ritchie19/07/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Michael Weir19/07/2016AngusScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell19/07/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell20/07/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris Stephens20/07/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan20/07/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson21/07/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Julian Lewis21/07/2016New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Margaret Ferrier21/07/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Ronnie Cowan21/07/2016InverclydeScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson21/07/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Mhairi Black21/07/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Lisa Cameron21/07/2016East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Michelle Thomson21/07/2016Edinburgh WestScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry05/09/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham05/09/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Corri Wilson05/09/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil05/09/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry05/09/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara05/09/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell05/09/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson05/09/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Peter Grant05/09/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley05/09/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh05/09/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas06/09/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Paul Monaghan06/09/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond07/09/2016Signed
Hywel Williams07/09/2016ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Douglas Chapman07/09/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady07/09/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned

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