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Redundancy Payments Cap

EDM number 1333 in 2003-04, proposed by David Crausby on 09/06/2004.

That this House notes that the current formula for calculating redundancy payments is based on the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 and needs urgent reform; believes that the outcome of this statutory formula results in parsimonious payments for those unfortunate enough to suffer redundancy and further reinforces the notion that it is easy and cheap to sack UK workers; welcomes and acknowledges the fact that the Employment Relations Act 1999 made provision to adjust the payments formula, allowing for annual increases in relation to inflation but regrets that, too often, redundancy payments are too small and give companies the easy option of disposing of UK labour; and calls on the Government to link this payment formula to average earnings and annual average appreciations in wages, to ensure that payments are sufficient and that companies seek innovative alternatives to the easy option of large-scale redundancies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Crausby09/06/2004Bolton North EastLabourProposed
Lindsay Hoyle09/06/2004ChorleyLabourSigned
Bill Olner09/06/2004NuneatonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin09/06/2004Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Etherington10/06/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes10/06/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ann Cryer14/06/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Betty Williams14/06/2004ConwyLabourSigned
David Taylor14/06/2004North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Hancock14/06/2004Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones14/06/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Adam Price14/06/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Syd Rapson15/06/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing15/06/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis15/06/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dennis Turner15/06/2004Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Drew15/06/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Dismore15/06/2004HendonLabourSigned
Martin Caton15/06/2004GowerLabourSigned
Terry Lewis15/06/2004WorsleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/06/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Hywel Williams16/06/2004CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Roy Beggs16/06/2004East AntrimUUPSigned
Alan Meale16/06/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
Paul Flynn16/06/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell16/06/2004Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood16/06/2004Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Bob Russell16/06/2004ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn16/06/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Marsha Singh17/06/2004Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis17/06/2004Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Mark Tami17/06/2004Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds18/06/2004Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Edward O'Hara18/06/2004Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd18/06/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins18/06/2004TamworthLabourSigned
John Lyons21/06/2004Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber21/06/2004Amber ValleyLabourSigned
David Clelland22/06/2004Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Bill Tynan22/06/2004Hamilton SouthLabourSigned
Jim Cousins23/06/2004Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Alan Simpson24/06/2004Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Hamilton24/06/2004MidlothianLabourSigned
Eric Illsley01/07/2004Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Nigel Jones20/07/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell16/09/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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