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This motion has been signed by a total of 178 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Alan Meale | 25/01/1995 | Mansfield | | Proposed |
Nigel Griffiths | 25/01/1995 | Edinburgh South | | Signed |
David Hanson | 25/01/1995 | Delyn | | Signed |
Max Madden | 25/01/1995 | Bradford West | | Signed |
Mike O'Brien | 25/01/1995 | North Warwickshire | | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 25/01/1995 | West Lancashire | | Signed |
Peter Pike | 25/01/1995 | Burnley | | Signed |
Robert Parry | 25/01/1995 | Liverpool, Riverside | | Signed |
Terry Patchett | 25/01/1995 | Barnsley East | | Signed |
Greg Pope | 25/01/1995 | Hyndburn | | Signed |
Raymond Powell | 25/01/1995 | Ogmore | | Signed |
Bridget Prentice | 25/01/1995 | Lewisham East | | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 25/01/1995 | Pendle | | Signed |
Dawn Primarolo | 25/01/1995 | Bristol South | | Signed |
Ken Purchase | 25/01/1995 | Wolverhampton North East | | Signed |
Martin Redmond | 25/01/1995 | Don Valley | | Signed |
John Reid | 25/01/1995 | Motherwell North | | Signed |
Barbara Roche | 25/01/1995 | Hornsey & Wood Green | | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 25/01/1995 | Rhondda | | Signed |
Terry Rooney | 25/01/1995 | Bradford North | | Signed |
Ernie Ross | 25/01/1995 | Dundee West | | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 25/01/1995 | Lewisham, Deptford | | Signed |
Brian Sedgemore | 25/01/1995 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | | Signed |
Llew Smith | 25/01/1995 | Blaenau Gwent | | Signed |
Peter Snape | 25/01/1995 | West Bromwich East | | Signed |
Clive Soley | 25/01/1995 | Hammersmith | | Signed |
Nigel Spearing | 25/01/1995 | Newham South | | Signed |
John Spellar | 25/01/1995 | Warley West | | Signed |
Rachel Squire | 25/01/1995 | Dunfermline West | | Signed |
Peter Hardy | 25/01/1995 | Wentworth | | Signed |
Doug Henderson | 25/01/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | | Signed |
John Heppell | 25/01/1995 | Nottingham East | | Signed |
Keith Hill | 25/01/1995 | Streatham | | Signed |
David Hinchliffe | 25/01/1995 | Wakefield | | Signed |
Kate Hoey | 25/01/1995 | Vauxhall | | Signed |
Norman Hogg | 25/01/1995 | Cumbernauld & Kilsyth | | Signed |
Jimmy Hood | 25/01/1995 | Clydesdale | | Signed |
Geoff Hoon | 25/01/1995 | Ashfield | | Signed |
George Howarth | 25/01/1995 | Knowsley North | | Signed |
Kim Howells | 25/01/1995 | Pontypridd | | Signed |
Doug Hoyle | 25/01/1995 | Warrington North | | Signed |
Kevin Hughes | 25/01/1995 | Doncaster North | | Signed |
Robert Hughes | 25/01/1995 | Aberdeen North | | Signed |
Roy Hughes | 25/01/1995 | Newport East | | Signed |
John Hutton | 25/01/1995 | Barrow & Furness | | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 25/01/1995 | Barnsley Central | | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 25/01/1995 | Hampstead & Highgate | | Signed |
Jon Owen Jones | 25/01/1995 | Cardiff Central | | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 25/01/1995 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | | Signed |
Tessa Jowell | 25/01/1995 | Dulwich | | Signed |
Alan Keen | 25/01/1995 | Feltham & Heston | | Signed |
Jane Kennedy | 25/01/1995 | Liverpool Broadgreen | | Signed |
Terry Lewis | 25/01/1995 | Worsley | | Signed |
Robert Litherland | 25/01/1995 | Manchester Central | | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 25/01/1995 | Brent East | | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 25/01/1995 | Stretford | | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 25/01/1995 | Halifax | | Signed |
John Marek | 25/01/1995 | Wrexham | | Signed |
David Marshall | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow, Shettleston | | Signed |
John McAllion | 25/01/1995 | Dundee East | | Signed |
Ian McCartney | 25/01/1995 | Makerfield | | Signed |
William McKelvey | 25/01/1995 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | | Signed |
John McWilliam | 25/01/1995 | Blaydon | | Signed |
Alun Michael | 25/01/1995 | Cardiff South & Penarth | | Signed |
Bill Michie | 25/01/1995 | Sheffield, Heeley | | Signed |
Alan Milburn | 25/01/1995 | Darlington | | Signed |
Andrew Miller | 25/01/1995 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | | Signed |
Lewis Moonie | 25/01/1995 | Kirkcaldy | | Signed |
Elliot Morley | 25/01/1995 | Glanford and Scunthorpe | | Signed |
George Mudie | 25/01/1995 | Leeds East | | Signed |
Chris Mullin | 25/01/1995 | Sunderland South | | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 25/01/1995 | Knowsley South | | Signed |
Roland Boyes | 25/01/1995 | Houghton and Washington | | Signed |
Keith Bradley | 25/01/1995 | Manchester, Withington | | Signed |
Nick Brown | 25/01/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne East | | Signed |
Richard Burden | 25/01/1995 | Birmingham, Northfield | | Signed |
Stephen Byers | 25/01/1995 | Wallsend | | Signed |
Richard Caborn | 25/01/1995 | Sheffield Central | | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 25/01/1995 | Cambridge | | Signed |
Ronnie Campbell | 25/01/1995 | Blyth Valley | | Signed |
Dale Campbell-Savours | 25/01/1995 | Workington | | Signed |
Malcolm Chisholm | 25/01/1995 | Edinburgh Leith | | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 25/01/1995 | Barnsley West & Penistone | | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 25/01/1995 | Midlothian | | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 25/01/1995 | Cynon Valley | | Signed |
Ann Coffey | 25/01/1995 | Stockport | | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 25/01/1995 | Leyton | | Signed |
Michael Connarty | 25/01/1995 | Falkirk East | | Signed |
Frank Cook | 25/01/1995 | Stockton North | | Signed |
Robin Corbett | 25/01/1995 | Birmingham, Erdington | | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 25/01/1995 | Islington North | | Signed |
Jean Corston | 25/01/1995 | Bristol East | | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 25/01/1995 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | | Signed |
Tom Cox | 25/01/1995 | Tooting | | Signed |
John Cummings | 25/01/1995 | Easington | | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 25/01/1995 | Coventry South East | | Signed |
Tam Dalyell | 25/01/1995 | Linlithgow | | Signed |
Alistair Darling | 25/01/1995 | Edinburgh Central | | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow, Govan | | Signed |
Terry Davis | 25/01/1995 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | | Signed |
John Denham | 25/01/1995 | Southampton, Itchen | | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 25/01/1995 | Cunninghame South | | Signed |
Jim Dowd | 25/01/1995 | Lewisham West | | Signed |
Jimmy Dunnachie | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow, Pollok | | Signed |
Kenneth Eastham | 25/01/1995 | Manchester, Blackley | | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 25/01/1995 | Sunderland North | | Signed |
Derek Fatchett | 25/01/1995 | Leeds Central | | Signed |
Mark Fisher | 25/01/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 25/01/1995 | Newport West | | Signed |
George Foulkes | 25/01/1995 | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | | Signed |
John Fraser | 25/01/1995 | Norwood | | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow, Maryhill | | Signed |
George Galloway | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow Hillhead | | Signed |
Mike Gapes | 25/01/1995 | Ilford South | | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 25/01/1995 | Walthamstow | | Signed |
Norman Godman | 25/01/1995 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 25/01/1995 | Birmingham Small Heath | | Signed |
Mildred Gordon | 25/01/1995 | Bow and Poplar | | Signed |
Tommy Graham | 25/01/1995 | Renfrew West and Inverclyde | | Signed |
Diane Abbott | 25/01/1995 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | | Signed |
Irene Adams | 25/01/1995 | Paisley North | | Signed |
Nick Ainger | 25/01/1995 | Pembroke | | Signed |
Graham Allen | 25/01/1995 | Nottingham North | | Signed |
John Gunnell | 25/01/1995 | Leeds South and Morley | | Signed |
Peter Hain | 25/01/1995 | Neath | | Signed |
Mike Hall | 25/01/1995 | Warrington South | | Signed |
Donald Anderson | 25/01/1995 | Swansea East | | Signed |
Janet Anderson | 25/01/1995 | Rossendale & Darwen | | Signed |
Joe Ashton | 25/01/1995 | Bassetlaw | | Signed |
Tony Banks | 25/01/1995 | Newham North West | | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 25/01/1995 | North East Derbyshire | | Signed |
Kevin Barron | 25/01/1995 | Rother Valley | | Signed |
John Battle | 25/01/1995 | Leeds West | | Signed |
Hugh Bayley | 25/01/1995 | York, City of | | Signed |
Tony Benn | 25/01/1995 | Chesterfield | | Signed |
Joe Benton | 25/01/1995 | Bootle | | Signed |
Gerry Bermingham | 25/01/1995 | St Helens South | | Signed |
Roger Berry | 25/01/1995 | Kingswood | | Signed |
Clive Betts | 25/01/1995 | Sheffield, Attercliffe | | Signed |
Paul Boateng | 25/01/1995 | Brent South | | Signed |
George Stevenson | 25/01/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent South | | Signed |
Jack Thompson | 25/01/1995 | Wansbeck | | Signed |
Paddy Tipping | 25/01/1995 | Sherwood | | Signed |
Keith Vaz | 25/01/1995 | Leicester East | | Signed |
Joan Walley | 25/01/1995 | Stoke-on-Trent North | | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 25/01/1995 | Liverpool, West Derby | | Signed |
Mike Watson | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow Central | | Signed |
David Winnick | 25/01/1995 | Walsall North | | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 25/01/1995 | Preston | | Signed |
Tony Worthington | 25/01/1995 | Clydebank & Milngavie | | Signed |
James Wray | 25/01/1995 | Glasgow Provan | | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 26/01/1995 | Nottingham South | | Signed |
Dennis Skinner | 26/01/1995 | Bolsover | | Signed |
John Home Robertson | 26/01/1995 | East Lothian | | Signed |
Barry Jones | 26/01/1995 | Alyn & Deeside | | Signed |
Liz Lynne | 26/01/1995 | Rochdale | | Signed |
Peter Mandelson | 26/01/1995 | Hartlepool | | Signed |
Thomas McAvoy | 26/01/1995 | Glasgow, Rutherglen | | Signed |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 26/01/1995 | Leigh | | Signed |
Bryan Davies | 26/01/1995 | Oldham Central and Royton | | Signed |
John Evans | 26/01/1995 | St Helens North | | Signed |
Don Foster | 26/01/1995 | Bath | | Signed |
Llin Golding | 26/01/1995 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 26/01/1995 | Bridgend | | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 26/01/1995 | Durham, City of | | Signed |
Gerry Sutcliffe | 26/01/1995 | Bradford South | | Signed |
Dennis Turner | 26/01/1995 | Wolverhampton South East | | Signed |
Russell Johnston | 27/01/1995 | Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | | Signed |
Stephen Timms | 27/01/1995 | Newham North East | | Signed |
Greville Janner | 30/01/1995 | Leicester West | | Signed |
Eddie Loyden | 30/01/1995 | Liverpool, Garston | | Signed |
Andrew MacKinlay | 30/01/1995 | Thurrock | | Signed |
Jim Wallace | 30/01/1995 | Orkney & Shetland | | Signed |
Frank Field | 01/02/1995 | Birkenhead | | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 03/02/1995 | North Devon | | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 16/02/1995 | Clwyd South West | | Signed |
Don Touhig | 27/02/1995 | Islwyn | | Signed |
Derek Enright | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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