Abolition Of Wages Councils (No. 2)

EDM number 1235 in 1992-93, proposed by Alan Meale on 25/01/1993.

That this House believes that Government moves to abolish wages councils are a retrograde step and would put millions of low paid workers at risk of exploitation; reminds the Government that currently there are at least 2.5 million people covered by wages councils, that in 1991 alone the Wages Inspectorate found 5,971 firms paying below minimum rates set by those councils, with the companies involved owing their employees in excess of ú1.5 million and that, contrary to impressions given in the business community, minimum rates of pay set by wages councils are not high, but currently are only between ú2.50 and ú3.10 per hour; and believes that pay scales undoubtedly would worsen if protection afforded by wages councils were removed, proof of which can be seen in recent surveys of job centres which found many jobs advertised for young people below minimum rates since they were removed from the orbit of wages councils' concern.

This motion has been signed by a total of 127 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alan Meale	25/01/1993	Mansfield		Proposed
Kevin Hughes	25/01/1993	Doncaster North		Signed
John McAllion	25/01/1993	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	25/01/1993	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Eric Clarke	25/01/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Jimmy Boyce	25/01/1993	Rotherham		Signed
John Evans	26/01/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	26/01/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Jim Dowd	26/01/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Terry Davis	26/01/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Ian Davidson	26/01/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	26/01/1993	Leigh		Signed
Michael Connarty	26/01/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Maria Fyfe	26/01/1993	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Llin Golding	26/01/1993	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Nick Ainger	26/01/1993	Pembroke		Signed
Bruce Grocott	26/01/1993	Wrekin, The		Signed
Janet Anderson	26/01/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Tony Banks	26/01/1993	Newham North West		Signed
Harry Barnes	26/01/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	26/01/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
Paddy Tipping	26/01/1993	Sherwood		Signed
Bill Michie	26/01/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Eddie Loyden	26/01/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Colin Pickthall	26/01/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
Peter Pike	26/01/1993	Burnley		Signed
Gordon Prentice	26/01/1993	Pendle		Signed
Ernie Ross	26/01/1993	Dundee West		Signed
Alan Simpson	26/01/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
Dennis Skinner	26/01/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Peter Hardy	26/01/1993	Wentworth		Signed
John Heppell	26/01/1993	Nottingham East		Signed
John Home Robertson	26/01/1993	East Lothian		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	26/01/1993	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Ken Livingstone	26/01/1993	Brent East		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	26/01/1993	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Lynne Jones	26/01/1993	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Adam Ingram	26/01/1993	East Kilbride		Signed
Eric Illsley	26/01/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Roy Hughes	26/01/1993	Newport East		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	27/01/1993	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Jean Corston	27/01/1993	Bristol East		Signed
Tom Cox	27/01/1993	Tooting		Signed
John Cummings	27/01/1993	Easington		Signed
Alistair Darling	27/01/1993	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Andrew Faulds	27/01/1993	Warley East		Signed
Norman Godman	27/01/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Win Griffiths	27/01/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Alan Williams	27/01/1993	Swansea West		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	27/01/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Richard Burden	27/01/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
David Hanson	27/01/1993	Delyn		Signed
Ken Purchase	27/01/1993	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Martin Redmond	27/01/1993	Don Valley		Signed
Helen Jackson	27/01/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Joan Lestor	27/01/1993	Eccles		Signed
David Marshall	27/01/1993	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Alan Milburn	27/01/1993	Darlington		Signed
Gordon Oakes	27/01/1993	Halton		Signed
Keith Bradley	27/01/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
John Gunnell	28/01/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Mike Hall	28/01/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Kevin Barron	28/01/1993	Rother Valley		Signed
Jack Thompson	28/01/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Keith Vaz	28/01/1993	Leicester East		Signed
William McCrea	28/01/1993	Mid Ulster		Signed
Ann Coffey	28/01/1993	Stockport		Signed
David Clelland	28/01/1993	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Chris Mullin	28/01/1993	Sunderland South		Signed
Robert Parry	28/01/1993	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Alex Salmond	28/01/1993	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Nick Harvey	28/01/1993	North Devon		Signed
David Hinchliffe	28/01/1993	Wakefield		Signed
Terry Lewis	28/01/1993	Worsley		Signed
Ian McCartney	28/01/1993	Makerfield		Signed
Bridget Prentice	29/01/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Mike Watson	29/01/1993	Glasgow Central		Signed
John Garrett	01/02/1993	Norwich South		Signed
Derek Enright	01/02/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Jim Cunningham	01/02/1993	Coventry South East		Signed
Joan Ruddock	01/02/1993	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Gareth Wardell	02/02/1993	Gower		Signed
John D Taylor	02/02/1993	Strangford		Signed
Roy Beggs	02/02/1993	East Antrim		Signed
David Alton	02/02/1993	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Bill Etherington	02/02/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Denzil Davies	02/02/1993	Llanelli		Signed
Alex Carlile	02/02/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Jamie Cann	02/02/1993	Ipswich		Signed
Glenda Jackson	02/02/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Ted Rowlands	02/02/1993	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Dennis Turner	03/02/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Paul Flynn	03/02/1993	Newport West		Signed
Angela Eagle	03/02/1993	Wallasey		Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/02/1993	Knowsley South		Signed
John Hutton	03/02/1993	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Rachel Squire	03/02/1993	Dunfermline West		Signed
Barry Sheerman	03/02/1993	Huddersfield		Signed
Mildred Gordon	04/02/1993	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/02/1993	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Harry Cohen	04/02/1993	Leyton		Signed
Michael Clapham	04/02/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
John McFall	04/02/1993	Dumbarton		Signed
Nigel Jones	04/02/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Allan Rogers	04/02/1993	Rhondda		Signed
Jo Richardson	05/02/1993	Barking		Signed
Eddie McGrady	05/02/1993	South Down		Signed
Tom Pendry	08/02/1993	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Tony Benn	09/02/1993	Chesterfield		Signed
Paul Murphy	09/02/1993	Torfaen		Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Bruce George	10/02/1993	Walsall South		Signed
Roland Boyes	15/02/1993	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Archy Kirkwood	16/02/1993	Roxburgh & Berwickshire		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	18/02/1993	Caernarfon		Signed
Kim Howells	19/02/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/02/1993	Walthamstow		Signed
Audrey Wise	22/02/1993	Preston		Signed
Tommy Graham	25/02/1993	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Piara S Khabra	04/03/1993	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	04/03/1993	Workington		Signed
John Hume	04/03/1993	Foyle		Signed
Doug Hoyle	11/03/1993	Warrington North		Signed
George Howarth	11/03/1993	Knowsley North		Signed
Frank Cook	23/03/1993	Stockton North		Signed
John Reid	29/03/1993	Motherwell North		Signed
Greg Pope	31/03/1993	Hyndburn		Signed

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