Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers
EDM number 648 in 2004-05, proposed by Jim Sheridan on 02/02/2005.
That this House remembers the 23 Chinese cockle pickers who lost thier lives on the shores of Morecambe Bay on the first anniversary of their death on 6th February 2005; and welcomes the Gangmasters Act 2004 which will go some way towards protecting future workers from similar unnecessary tragedies and will stand as a fitting testimony to them and their families.
This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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