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Local Government Reorganisation And Jobs

EDM number 1630 in 1993-94, proposed by Frank Cook on 20/10/1994.

That this House notes the statement by the Lord Advocate in the Upper Chamber that the use of statutory transfers for staff affected by the implementation of the recommendations of the Local Government Commission would offer no guarantee of a job to the existing staff; notes too the statement to this House of the Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Environment that most staff will, of course, simply transfer to successor councils on existing contractual terms and conditions by means of a statutory transfer order; notes further that one ministerial statement cannot be squared with the other; believes that this contradiction is a clear indication that Her Majesty's Government has no acceptable proposals to ensure the protection of employment and conditions of service for local authority staff; and therefore calls for the early abandonment of the entire discredited reorganisation process in view of the clear threat posed to jobs and services throughout the country.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Frank Cook20/10/1994Stockton NorthProposed
Harry Barnes21/10/1994North East DerbyshireSigned
Ernie Ross24/10/1994Dundee WestSigned
Dennis Skinner24/10/1994BolsoverSigned
Peter Hardy24/10/1994WentworthSigned
John McAllion24/10/1994Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey24/10/1994Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Jim Dowd24/10/1994Lewisham WestSigned
John Gunnell24/10/1994Leeds South and MorleySigned
Tony Banks24/10/1994Newham North WestSigned
Paddy Tipping25/10/1994SherwoodSigned
Dennis Turner25/10/1994Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe25/10/1994LeighSigned
John Cummings25/10/1994EasingtonSigned
Anne Campbell25/10/1994CambridgeSigned
Barry Jones25/10/1994Alyn & DeesideSigned
Terry Patchett25/10/1994Barnsley EastSigned
Michael Connarty25/10/1994Falkirk EastSigned
John Heppell26/10/1994Nottingham EastSigned
Michael Clapham26/10/1994Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jim Cunningham26/10/1994Coventry South EastSigned
Tommy Graham26/10/1994Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Jean Corston27/10/1994Bristol EastSigned
Audrey Wise27/10/1994PrestonSigned
Derek Enright27/10/1994HemsworthSigned
Ian Davidson27/10/1994Glasgow, GovanSigned
Ken Livingstone27/10/1994Brent EastSigned
Denis MacShane28/10/1994RotherhamSigned
Martyn Jones01/11/1994Clwyd South WestSigned
Alice Mahon01/11/1994HalifaxSigned
Norman Godman01/11/1994Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Jack Thompson01/11/1994WansbeckSigned

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