Deaths At Work
EDM number 331 in 1997-98, proposed by Michael Clapham on 30/07/1997.
That this House is alarmed at the rise in the number of people killed at work which according to Health and Safety Executive figures has risen by almost 20 per cent. to 302 workers killed in the year to April 1997 compared with 256 the year before; records its concern at the disturbing rise in the rate of major injuries in every industrial sector with the overall figure up by two thirds; and asks the Government to speedily introduce stronger laws on manslaughter at work, to review legal protections for self-employed people and to introduce a moratorium on cuts to the budget of the Health and Safety Executive.
This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Michael Clapham | 30/07/1997 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Proposed |
| Ann Clwyd | 30/07/1997 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Pickthall | 30/07/1997 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 30/07/1997 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 30/07/1997 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 30/07/1997 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 30/07/1997 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 30/07/1997 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 30/07/1997 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 30/07/1997 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 30/07/1997 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 30/07/1997 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 30/07/1997 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Gerrard | 30/07/1997 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 30/07/1997 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Irene Adams | 30/07/1997 | Paisley North | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Ashton | 30/07/1997 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 30/07/1997 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Barron | 30/07/1997 | Rother Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 30/07/1997 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Sutcliffe | 30/07/1997 | Bradford South | Labour | Signed |
| Paddy Tipping | 30/07/1997 | Sherwood | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Vaz | 30/07/1997 | Leicester East | Labour | Signed |
| Jimmy Wray | 30/07/1997 | Glasgow, Baillieston | Labour | Signed |
| Judith Church | 30/07/1997 | Dagenham | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 30/07/1997 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Pendry | 30/07/1997 | Stalybridge & Hyde | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 30/07/1997 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 30/07/1997 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 30/07/1997 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Ted Rowlands | 30/07/1997 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Christine Russell | 30/07/1997 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
| John Healey | 30/07/1997 | Wentworth | Labour | Signed |
| John Heppell | 30/07/1997 | Nottingham East | Labour | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 30/07/1997 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 30/07/1997 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Jenkins | 30/07/1997 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 30/07/1997 | Feltham & Heston | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 30/07/1997 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 30/07/1997 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 30/07/1997 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 30/07/1997 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 30/07/1997 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Burden | 30/07/1997 | Birmingham, Northfield | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 30/07/1997 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 30/07/1997 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| David Taylor | 31/07/1997 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John Austin | 31/07/1997 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 31/07/1997 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 31/07/1997 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 31/07/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 31/07/1997 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 31/07/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 31/07/1997 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 31/07/1997 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 31/07/1997 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 27/10/1997 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 27/10/1997 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 28/10/1997 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| David Kidney | 28/10/1997 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 28/10/1997 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 28/10/1997 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Maria Eagle | 28/10/1997 | Liverpool, Garston | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Williams | 29/10/1997 | Swansea West | Labour | Signed |
| Donald Gorrie | 29/10/1997 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 29/10/1997 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 29/10/1997 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | 29/10/1997 | Poplar & Canning Town | Labour | Signed |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 30/10/1997 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 04/11/1997 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 05/11/1997 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Denis MacShane | 06/11/1997 | Rotherham | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Marshall | 06/11/1997 | Leicester South | Labour | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 10/11/1997 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 13/11/1997 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 17/11/1997 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 17/11/1997 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 20/11/1997 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 24/11/1997 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 26/11/1997 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 27/11/1997 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Keith Hill | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Alan Meale | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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