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Gchq Trades Union Ban

EDM number 471 in 1994-95, proposed by Alan Meale on 25/01/1995.

That this House notes that 25th January marks the 11th anniversary of the Government's ban on trades unionism at GCHQ and two and a half years have now elapsed since the Government was compelled by the ever-increasing depth of international criticism to promise the United Nations International Labour Organisation to hold constructive talks with the Council of Civil Service Unions over the issue; further notes that, notwithstanding this, the Government has continued to be completely intransigent concerning its obligations to conform with the most central and important ILO Convention, No. 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, which Britain was the first to ratify in 1949; yet again calls on the Government to end this insult to democracy, decency and justice by restoring full trades union rights to all workers at GCHQ and to reinstate those workers wrongfully sacked for standing up for a basic human freedom; and calls for legislation to be introduced as soon as possible to ensure that at no time in the future the medieval Royal Prerogative as used at GCHQ to enforce the ban on trades unions will be allowed to happen again.

This motion has been signed by a total of 178 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale25/01/1995MansfieldProposed
Nigel Griffiths25/01/1995Edinburgh SouthSigned
David Hanson25/01/1995DelynSigned
Max Madden25/01/1995Bradford WestSigned
Mike O'Brien25/01/1995North WarwickshireSigned
Colin Pickthall25/01/1995West LancashireSigned
Peter Pike25/01/1995BurnleySigned
Robert Parry25/01/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Terry Patchett25/01/1995Barnsley EastSigned
Greg Pope25/01/1995HyndburnSigned
Raymond Powell25/01/1995OgmoreSigned
Bridget Prentice25/01/1995Lewisham EastSigned
Gordon Prentice25/01/1995PendleSigned
Dawn Primarolo25/01/1995Bristol SouthSigned
Ken Purchase25/01/1995Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Martin Redmond25/01/1995Don ValleySigned
John Reid25/01/1995Motherwell NorthSigned
Barbara Roche25/01/1995Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Allan Rogers25/01/1995RhonddaSigned
Terry Rooney25/01/1995Bradford NorthSigned
Ernie Ross25/01/1995Dundee WestSigned
Joan Ruddock25/01/1995Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Brian Sedgemore25/01/1995Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Llew Smith25/01/1995Blaenau GwentSigned
Peter Snape25/01/1995West Bromwich EastSigned
Clive Soley25/01/1995HammersmithSigned
Nigel Spearing25/01/1995Newham SouthSigned
John Spellar25/01/1995Warley WestSigned
Rachel Squire25/01/1995Dunfermline WestSigned
Peter Hardy25/01/1995WentworthSigned
Doug Henderson25/01/1995Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
John Heppell25/01/1995Nottingham EastSigned
Keith Hill25/01/1995StreathamSigned
David Hinchliffe25/01/1995WakefieldSigned
Kate Hoey25/01/1995VauxhallSigned
Norman Hogg25/01/1995Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Jimmy Hood25/01/1995ClydesdaleSigned
Geoff Hoon25/01/1995AshfieldSigned
George Howarth25/01/1995Knowsley NorthSigned
Kim Howells25/01/1995PontypriddSigned
Doug Hoyle25/01/1995Warrington NorthSigned
Kevin Hughes25/01/1995Doncaster NorthSigned
Robert Hughes25/01/1995Aberdeen NorthSigned
Roy Hughes25/01/1995Newport EastSigned
John Hutton25/01/1995Barrow & FurnessSigned
Eric Illsley25/01/1995Barnsley CentralSigned
Glenda Jackson25/01/1995Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Jon Owen Jones25/01/1995Cardiff CentralSigned
Lynne Jones25/01/1995Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Tessa Jowell25/01/1995DulwichSigned
Alan Keen25/01/1995Feltham & HestonSigned
Jane Kennedy25/01/1995Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Terry Lewis25/01/1995WorsleySigned
Robert Litherland25/01/1995Manchester CentralSigned
Ken Livingstone25/01/1995Brent EastSigned
Tony Lloyd25/01/1995StretfordSigned
Alice Mahon25/01/1995HalifaxSigned
John Marek25/01/1995WrexhamSigned
David Marshall25/01/1995Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
John McAllion25/01/1995Dundee EastSigned
Ian McCartney25/01/1995MakerfieldSigned
William McKelvey25/01/1995Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
John McWilliam25/01/1995BlaydonSigned
Alun Michael25/01/1995Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Bill Michie25/01/1995Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Milburn25/01/1995DarlingtonSigned
Andrew Miller25/01/1995Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Lewis Moonie25/01/1995KirkcaldySigned
Elliot Morley25/01/1995Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
George Mudie25/01/1995Leeds EastSigned
Chris Mullin25/01/1995Sunderland SouthSigned
Edward O'Hara25/01/1995Knowsley SouthSigned
Roland Boyes25/01/1995Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Keith Bradley25/01/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Nick Brown25/01/1995Newcastle upon Tyne EastSigned
Richard Burden25/01/1995Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Stephen Byers25/01/1995WallsendSigned
Richard Caborn25/01/1995Sheffield CentralSigned
Anne Campbell25/01/1995CambridgeSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/01/1995Blyth ValleySigned
Dale Campbell-Savours25/01/1995WorkingtonSigned
Malcolm Chisholm25/01/1995Edinburgh LeithSigned
Michael Clapham25/01/1995Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Eric Clarke25/01/1995MidlothianSigned
Ann Clwyd25/01/1995Cynon ValleySigned
Ann Coffey25/01/1995StockportSigned
Harry Cohen25/01/1995LeytonSigned
Michael Connarty25/01/1995Falkirk EastSigned
Frank Cook25/01/1995Stockton NorthSigned
Robin Corbett25/01/1995Birmingham, ErdingtonSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/01/1995Islington NorthSigned
Jean Corston25/01/1995Bristol EastSigned
Jim Cousins25/01/1995Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Tom Cox25/01/1995TootingSigned
John Cummings25/01/1995EasingtonSigned
Jim Cunningham25/01/1995Coventry South EastSigned
Tam Dalyell25/01/1995LinlithgowSigned
Alistair Darling25/01/1995Edinburgh CentralSigned
Ian Davidson25/01/1995Glasgow, GovanSigned
Terry Davis25/01/1995Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
John Denham25/01/1995Southampton, ItchenSigned
Brian H Donohoe25/01/1995Cunninghame SouthSigned
Jim Dowd25/01/1995Lewisham WestSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie25/01/1995Glasgow, PollokSigned
Kenneth Eastham25/01/1995Manchester, BlackleySigned
Bill Etherington25/01/1995Sunderland NorthSigned
Derek Fatchett25/01/1995Leeds CentralSigned
Mark Fisher25/01/1995Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Paul Flynn25/01/1995Newport WestSigned
George Foulkes25/01/1995Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
John Fraser25/01/1995NorwoodSigned
Maria Fyfe25/01/1995Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
George Galloway25/01/1995Glasgow HillheadSigned
Mike Gapes25/01/1995Ilford SouthSigned
Neil Gerrard25/01/1995WalthamstowSigned
Norman Godman25/01/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Roger Godsiff25/01/1995Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Mildred Gordon25/01/1995Bow and PoplarSigned
Tommy Graham25/01/1995Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Diane Abbott25/01/1995Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Irene Adams25/01/1995Paisley NorthSigned
Nick Ainger25/01/1995PembrokeSigned
Graham Allen25/01/1995Nottingham NorthSigned
John Gunnell25/01/1995Leeds South and MorleySigned
Peter Hain25/01/1995NeathSigned
Mike Hall25/01/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Donald Anderson25/01/1995Swansea EastSigned
Janet Anderson25/01/1995Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Joe Ashton25/01/1995BassetlawSigned
Tony Banks25/01/1995Newham North WestSigned
Harry Barnes25/01/1995North East DerbyshireSigned
Kevin Barron25/01/1995Rother ValleySigned
John Battle25/01/1995Leeds WestSigned
Hugh Bayley25/01/1995York, City ofSigned
Tony Benn25/01/1995ChesterfieldSigned
Joe Benton25/01/1995BootleSigned
Gerry Bermingham25/01/1995St Helens SouthSigned
Roger Berry25/01/1995KingswoodSigned
Clive Betts25/01/1995Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Paul Boateng25/01/1995Brent SouthSigned
George Stevenson25/01/1995Stoke-on-Trent SouthSigned
Jack Thompson25/01/1995WansbeckSigned
Paddy Tipping25/01/1995SherwoodSigned
Keith Vaz25/01/1995Leicester EastSigned
Joan Walley25/01/1995Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Robert Wareing25/01/1995Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Mike Watson25/01/1995Glasgow CentralSigned
David Winnick25/01/1995Walsall NorthSigned
Audrey Wise25/01/1995PrestonSigned
Tony Worthington25/01/1995Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
James Wray25/01/1995Glasgow ProvanSigned
Alan Simpson26/01/1995Nottingham SouthSigned
Dennis Skinner26/01/1995BolsoverSigned
John Home Robertson26/01/1995East LothianSigned
Barry Jones26/01/1995Alyn & DeesideSigned
Liz Lynne26/01/1995RochdaleSigned
Peter Mandelson26/01/1995HartlepoolSigned
Thomas McAvoy26/01/1995Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe26/01/1995LeighSigned
Bryan Davies26/01/1995Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
John Evans26/01/1995St Helens NorthSigned
Don Foster26/01/1995BathSigned
Llin Golding26/01/1995Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Win Griffiths26/01/1995BridgendSigned
Gerry Steinberg26/01/1995Durham, City ofSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe26/01/1995Bradford SouthSigned
Dennis Turner26/01/1995Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Russell Johnston27/01/1995Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Stephen Timms27/01/1995Newham North EastSigned
Greville Janner30/01/1995Leicester WestSigned
Eddie Loyden30/01/1995Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Andrew MacKinlay30/01/1995ThurrockSigned
Jim Wallace30/01/1995Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Frank Field01/02/1995BirkenheadSigned
Nick Harvey03/02/1995North DevonSigned
Martyn Jones16/02/1995Clwyd South WestSigned
Don Touhig27/02/1995IslwynSigned
Derek EnrightUnknownWithdrawn

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