Gchq Trade Union Ban

EDM number 415 in 1993-94, proposed by Graham Allen on 24/01/1994.

That this House notes the 10th anniversary of the ban on trade union membership by the Government on 25th January 1994 and regrets that discussions at the International Labour Organisation, and more recently between the Prime Minister and the Council of Civil Service Unions, have failed to lead to the removal of the ban; further notes that the role of GCHQ has changed with the ending of the Cold War, and that the time has come for the restoration of the trade union rights removed in 1984; and calls upon the Government to initiate further discussion with the council of Civil Service Unions to bring the industrial relations position at GCHQ back into conformity with ILO Convention 87, which the Government signed in 1949 and which remains an international obligation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 264 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Graham Allen	24/01/1994	Nottingham North		Proposed
Dennis Skinner	24/01/1994	Bolsover		Signed
Don Foster	24/01/1994	Bath		Signed
David Winnick	24/01/1994	Walsall North		Signed
Mike Watson	25/01/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	25/01/1994	Leigh		Signed
John Cummings	25/01/1994	Easington		Signed
Tom Cox	25/01/1994	Tooting		Signed
Michael Connarty	25/01/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Eric Clarke	25/01/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Alex Carlile	25/01/1994	Montgomery		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	25/01/1994	Blyth Valley		Signed
Richard Burden	25/01/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Terry Davis	25/01/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	25/01/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Joan Walley	25/01/1994	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	25/01/1994	St Helens South		Signed
Harry Barnes	25/01/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Tony Banks	25/01/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Janet Anderson	25/01/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Mike Hall	25/01/1994	Warrington South		Signed
John Gunnell	25/01/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
John Evans	25/01/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Keith Bradley	25/01/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Bill Michie	25/01/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Peter Hardy	25/01/1994	Wentworth		Signed
Alan Simpson	25/01/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Ernie Ross	25/01/1994	Dundee West		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	25/01/1994	Bristol South		Signed
Bridget Prentice	25/01/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Greg Pope	25/01/1994	Hyndburn		Signed
Robert Parry	25/01/1994	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Bryan Davies	25/01/1994	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Norman Hogg	25/01/1994	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
William McKelvey	25/01/1994	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	25/01/1994	Dundee East		Signed
Alice Mahon	25/01/1994	Halifax		Signed
Terry Lewis	25/01/1994	Worsley		Signed
Lynne Jones	25/01/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Glenda Jackson	25/01/1994	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Doug Hoyle	25/01/1994	Warrington North		Signed
Alan Meale	25/01/1994	Mansfield		Signed
Andrew Faulds	26/01/1994	Warley East		Signed
Derek Enright	26/01/1994	Hemsworth		Signed
Jim Dowd	26/01/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Ian Davidson	26/01/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/01/1994	Islington North		Signed
Paul Tyler	26/01/1994	North Cornwall		Signed
Paul Flynn	26/01/1994	Newport West		Signed
Maria Fyfe	26/01/1994	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
David Alton	26/01/1994	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	26/01/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
Matthew Taylor	26/01/1994	Truro		Signed
Jack Thompson	26/01/1994	Wansbeck		Signed
Dennis Turner	26/01/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	26/01/1994	Gordon		Signed
Edward O'Hara	26/01/1994	Knowsley South		Signed
Estelle Morris	26/01/1994	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Hugh Bayley	26/01/1994	York, City of		Signed
David Rendel	26/01/1994	Newbury		Signed
Nick Harvey	26/01/1994	North Devon		Signed
John Heppell	26/01/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Simon Hughes	26/01/1994	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
John Hutton	26/01/1994	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Nigel Jones	26/01/1994	Cheltenham		Signed
Diana Maddock	26/01/1994	Christchurch		Signed
Liz Lynne	26/01/1994	Rochdale		Signed
Eddie Loyden	26/01/1994	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Ken Livingstone	26/01/1994	Brent East		Signed
Eric Illsley	27/01/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Chris Mullin	27/01/1994	Sunderland South		Signed
Andrew Miller	27/01/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Peter Mandelson	27/01/1994	Hartlepool		Signed
John Battle	27/01/1994	Leeds West		Signed
Peter Pike	27/01/1994	Burnley		Signed
Martin Redmond	31/01/1994	Don Valley		Signed
Greville Janner	31/01/1994	Leicester West		Signed
Donald Anderson	31/01/1994	Swansea East		Signed
Win Griffiths	01/02/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Jim Wallace	01/02/1994	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Llew Smith	01/02/1994	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Robert Litherland	01/02/1994	Manchester Central		Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/02/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/1994	Leyton		Signed
Michael Clapham	02/02/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Alan Milburn	02/02/1994	Darlington		Signed
Joan Ruddock	02/02/1994	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	03/02/1994	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Bill Etherington	03/02/1994	Sunderland North		Signed
Tommy Graham	03/02/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Robin Corbett	03/02/1994	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/02/1994	Workington		Signed
Roland Boyes	03/02/1994	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Alan Beith	07/02/1994	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Peter Hain	07/02/1994	Neath		Signed
Norman Godman	07/02/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Jean Corston	07/02/1994	Bristol East		Signed
Alf Morris	07/02/1994	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Tessa Jowell	07/02/1994	Dulwich		Signed
Barry Jones	07/02/1994	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Llin Golding	08/02/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
John Gilbert	08/02/1994	Dudley East		Signed
Frank Field	08/02/1994	Birkenhead		Signed
Derek Fatchett	08/02/1994	Leeds Central		Signed
Brian H Donohoe	08/02/1994	Cunninghame South		Signed
Jeremy Bray	08/02/1994	Motherwell South		Signed
Brian Wilson	09/02/1994	Cunninghame North		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	09/02/1994	Carmarthen		Signed
Stan Orme	09/02/1994	Salford East		Signed
Bill Olner	09/02/1994	Nuneaton		Signed
Bill O'Brien	09/02/1994	Normanton		Signed
Calum MacDonald	09/02/1994	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Charles Kennedy	09/02/1994	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	09/02/1994	Coventry North West		Signed
John Garrett	10/02/1994	Norwich South		Signed
Roger Godsiff	10/02/1994	Birmingham Small Heath		Signed
Cecil Walker	10/02/1994	Belfast North		Signed
John Denham	10/02/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Ann Coffey	10/02/1994	Stockport		Signed
David Clelland	10/02/1994	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/02/1994	Fife North East		Signed
Stephen Byers	10/02/1994	Wallsend		Signed
John Marek	10/02/1994	Wrexham		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	10/02/1994	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Joyce Quin	10/02/1994	Gateshead East		Signed
Jimmy Hood	11/02/1994	Clydesdale		Signed
Alex Salmond	11/02/1994	Banff & Buchan		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	14/02/1994	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/02/1994	Coventry South East		Signed
Frank Cook	14/02/1994	Stockton North		Signed
Nick Brown	14/02/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne East		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	14/02/1994	Ynys M		Signed
Peter Snape	14/02/1994	West Bromwich East		Signed
Allan Rogers	14/02/1994	Rhondda		Signed
David Steel	15/02/1994	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Martin O'Neill	15/02/1994	Clackmannan		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	15/02/1994	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Martyn Jones	15/02/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Helen Jackson	15/02/1994	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Joe Ashton	16/02/1994	Bassetlaw		Signed
Tony Benn	16/02/1994	Chesterfield		Signed
Robert Wareing	16/02/1994	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Mildred Gordon	16/02/1994	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	16/02/1994	Thurrock		Signed
Nick Raynsford	17/02/1994	Greenwich		Signed
Mike O'Brien	17/02/1994	North Warwickshire		Signed
Adam Ingram	21/02/1994	East Kilbride		Signed
Tony Worthington	21/02/1994	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
Tony Wright	23/02/1994	Cannock and Burntwood		Signed
Kim Howells	23/02/1994	Pontypridd		Signed
Jim Cousins	23/02/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Sam Galbraith	24/02/1994	Strathkelvin & Bearsden		Signed
Barry Sheerman	24/02/1994	Huddersfield		Signed
Neil Kinnock	01/03/1994	Islwyn		Signed
Alan Keen	02/03/1994	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Austin Mitchell	03/03/1994	Great Grimsby		Signed
Harold Walker	03/03/1994	Doncaster Central		Signed
Paul Murphy	03/03/1994	Torfaen		Signed
Rachel Squire	04/03/1994	Dunfermline West		Signed
Tam Dalyell	04/03/1994	Linlithgow		Signed
Rhodri Morgan	04/03/1994	Cardiff West		Signed
Kevin Hughes	07/03/1994	Doncaster North		Signed
Tony Lloyd	07/03/1994	Stretford		Signed
Gerald Kaufman	07/03/1994	Manchester, Gorton		Signed
Bruce Grocott	08/03/1994	Wrekin, The		Signed
Andrew Smith	08/03/1994	Oxford East		Signed
Seamus Mallon	08/03/1994	Newry & Armagh		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	08/03/1994	Caernarfon		Signed
John Fraser	09/03/1994	Norwood		Signed
Raymond Powell	09/03/1994	Ogmore		Signed
Clive Betts	09/03/1994	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
George Howarth	10/03/1994	Knowsley North		Signed
Terry Patchett	10/03/1994	Barnsley East		Signed
John Spellar	10/03/1994	Warley West		Signed
Alistair Darling	11/03/1994	Edinburgh Central		Signed
David Hinchliffe	11/03/1994	Wakefield		Signed
Clare Short	14/03/1994	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
John McWilliam	15/03/1994	Blaydon		Signed
George Galloway	17/03/1994	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Stuart Randall	18/03/1994	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Archy Kirkwood	21/03/1994	Roxburgh & Berwickshire		Signed
Richard Caborn	24/03/1994	Sheffield Central		Signed
Tom Pendry	28/03/1994	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Paddy Tipping	29/03/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Geoff Hoon	29/03/1994	Ashfield		Signed
John McFall	29/03/1994	Dumbarton		Signed
Elliot Morley	29/03/1994	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
Joe Benton	29/03/1994	Bootle		Signed
Audrey Wise	29/03/1994	Preston		Signed
Keith Vaz	29/03/1994	Leicester East		Signed
Jane Kennedy	30/03/1994	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Russell Johnston	19/04/1994	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Barbara Roche	25/04/1994	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
Harriet Harman	25/04/1994	Peckham		Signed
Margaret Ewing	14/06/1994	Moray		Signed
Jamie Cann	06/07/1994	Ipswich		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	06/07/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Judith Church	06/07/1994	Dagenham		Signed
Denzil Davies	06/07/1994	Llanelli		Signed
Henry McLeish	06/07/1994	Central Fife		Signed
Donald Dixon	06/07/1994	Jarrow		Signed
Angela Eagle	06/07/1994	Wallasey		Signed
Anne Campbell	06/07/1994	Cambridge		Signed
James Callaghan	06/07/1994	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Gordon Oakes	06/07/1994	Halton		Signed
George Mudie	06/07/1994	Leeds East		Signed
Lewis Moonie	06/07/1994	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Alun Michael	06/07/1994	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
John Maxton	06/07/1994	Glasgow, Cathcart		Signed
Ian McCartney	06/07/1994	Makerfield		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	06/07/1994	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
George Foulkes	06/07/1994	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Mike Gapes	06/07/1994	Ilford South		Signed
David Young	06/07/1994	Bolton South East		Signed
Alan Williams	06/07/1994	Swansea West		Signed
Malcolm Wicks	06/07/1994	Croydon North West		Signed
Gareth Wardell	06/07/1994	Gower		Signed
George Stevenson	06/07/1994	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Paul Boateng	06/07/1994	Brent South		Signed
Roger Berry	06/07/1994	Kingswood		Signed
Stuart Bell	06/07/1994	Middlesbrough		Signed
Kevin Barron	06/07/1994	Rother Valley		Signed
Hilary Armstrong	06/07/1994	North West Durham		Signed
Nick Ainger	06/07/1994	Pembroke		Signed
Irene Adams	06/07/1994	Paisley North		Signed
Diane Abbott	06/07/1994	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Bruce George	06/07/1994	Walsall South		Signed
James Wray	06/07/1994	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Eric Martlew	06/07/1994	Carlisle		Signed
Clive Soley	06/07/1994	Hammersmith		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	06/07/1994	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Ted Rowlands	06/07/1994	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney		Signed
Terry Rooney	06/07/1994	Bradford North		Signed
Jeff Rooker	06/07/1994	Birmingham, Perry Barr		Signed
John Reid	06/07/1994	Motherwell North		Signed
Giles Radice	06/07/1994	North Durham		Signed
Ken Purchase	06/07/1994	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	06/07/1994	Pendle		Signed
Colin Pickthall	06/07/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Max Madden	06/07/1994	Bradford West		Signed
David Hanson	06/07/1994	Delyn		Signed
Nigel Griffiths	06/07/1994	Edinburgh South		Signed
Nigel Spearing	06/07/1994	Newham South		Signed
Doug Henderson	06/07/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Keith Hill	06/07/1994	Streatham		Signed
Michael Martin	06/07/1994	Glasgow, Springburn		Signed
John Marshall	06/07/1994	Hendon South		Signed
David Marshall	06/07/1994	Glasgow, Shettleston		Signed
Helen Liddell	06/07/1994	Monklands East		Signed
James Lester	06/07/1994	Broxtowe		Signed
Piara S Khabra	06/07/1994	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Jon Owen Jones	06/07/1994	Cardiff Central		Signed
David Jamieson	06/07/1994	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Roy Hughes	06/07/1994	Newport East		Signed
Robert Hughes	06/07/1994	Aberdeen North		Signed
John Home Robertson	06/07/1994	East Lothian		Signed
Kate Hoey	06/07/1994	Vauxhall		Signed
Margaret Hodge	06/07/1994	Barking		Signed
Stephen Timms	07/07/1994	Newham North East		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	17/10/1994	Bradford South		Signed
David Chidgey	26/10/1994	Eastleigh		Signed
Bob Cryer	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ron Leighton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Bryan Gould	Unknown			Withdrawn

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