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Construction Industry And The European Union

EDM number 1366 in 1994-95, proposed by Joan Ruddock on 10/07/1995.

That this House is concerned at the increasing number of construction workers seconded to work in European Union countries who fall victim to exploitation, inferior living and working conditions, lower wages and minimal or non-existent health and safety requirements; notes that in the majority of EU countries there is a complete lack of monitoring or supervision relating to the employment of seconded workers, thereby enabling unscrupulous agencies to avail themselves of loopholes in international legislation; notes also that the explosion in self-employment and casualisation within the construction industry is costing the UK economy ú14 billion a year in lost revenue; recognises that the severe skills shortage in the industry is exacerbated by the sharp decline in training for young people and adults; believes the cumulative effects of deregulation, casualisation and exploitation are detrimental to all countries concerned through poor quality workmanship and the loss of legitimate tax and social insurance revenues; supports the Blankenberge Declaration agreed by the British, Belgian, French, Irish and Dutch trade union representatives on 3rd December 1994; and calls on the Government to legislate to provide guarantees that minimum labour conditions and training provision apply to British construction workers, and to negotiate within the European Union to ensure that national agreements in all host countries be applied to guest workers from Britain and elsewhere with appropriate monitoring to ensure their implementation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Ruddock10/07/1995Lewisham, DeptfordProposed
Eddie Loyden10/07/1995Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ian McCartney10/07/1995MakerfieldSigned
Kevin McNamara10/07/1995Kingston upon Hull NorthSigned
Paul Murphy10/07/1995TorfaenSigned
Michael Clapham11/07/1995Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Hugh Bayley11/07/1995York, City ofSigned
Harry Barnes11/07/1995North East DerbyshireSigned
Norman Godman11/07/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Paul Flynn11/07/1995Newport WestSigned
Terry Davis11/07/1995Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe11/07/1995LeighSigned
Tom Cox11/07/1995TootingSigned
Michael Connarty11/07/1995Falkirk EastSigned
Bill Michie11/07/1995Sheffield, HeeleySigned
John McAllion11/07/1995Dundee EastSigned
Robert Parry11/07/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Ernie Ross11/07/1995Dundee WestSigned
Dennis Skinner11/07/1995BolsoverSigned
Keith Hill11/07/1995StreathamSigned
Roy Hughes11/07/1995Newport EastSigned
John Hutton11/07/1995Barrow & FurnessSigned
Eric Illsley11/07/1995Barnsley CentralSigned
Glenda Jackson11/07/1995Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Lynne Jones11/07/1995Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
William McKelvey11/07/1995Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Jeremy Corbyn12/07/1995Islington NorthSigned
Robert Wareing12/07/1995Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Paddy Tipping12/07/1995SherwoodSigned
Jack Thompson12/07/1995WansbeckSigned
Tony Banks12/07/1995Newham North WestSigned
Mike Hall12/07/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Jim Dowd12/07/1995Lewisham WestSigned
Jim Cunningham12/07/1995Coventry South EastSigned
John Cummings12/07/1995EasingtonSigned
Harry Cohen12/07/1995LeytonSigned
Richard Burden12/07/1995Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Edward O'Hara12/07/1995Knowsley SouthSigned
Alice Mahon12/07/1995HalifaxSigned
Peter Hardy12/07/1995WentworthSigned
Dawn Primarolo12/07/1995Bristol SouthSigned
Nigel Griffiths12/07/1995Edinburgh SouthSigned
Jean Corston12/07/1995Bristol EastSigned
John Evans13/07/1995St Helens NorthSigned
Anne Campbell13/07/1995CambridgeSigned
James Callaghan13/07/1995Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Barry Jones13/07/1995Alyn & DeesideSigned
Alan Simpson13/07/1995Nottingham SouthSigned
Bridget Prentice13/07/1995Lewisham EastSigned
Colin Pickthall13/07/1995West LancashireSigned
Helen Jackson13/07/1995Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
John Gunnell17/07/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
David Marshall18/07/1995Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Keith Bradley18/07/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Win Griffiths18/07/1995BridgendSigned
Audrey Wise18/07/1995PrestonSigned
Peter Pike19/07/1995BurnleySigned
Dennis Turner19/07/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Janet Anderson19/07/1995Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Bill Etherington19/07/1995Sunderland NorthSigned
Terry Lewis19/07/1995WorsleySigned
Kevin Hughes19/07/1995Doncaster NorthSigned
Eddie McGrady16/10/1995South DownSigned
Ken Livingstone18/10/1995Brent EastSigned
Jimmy Hood19/10/1995ClydesdaleSigned
Allan Rogers06/11/1995RhonddaSigned

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