Maritime And Coastguard Agency Strike Action (EDM1188)

Maritime And Coastguard Agency Strike Action

EDM number 1188 in 2007-08, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 13/03/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Emergency services, Industrial relations, Pay and Shipping.

That this House expresses deep concern about the continuing poor industrial relations in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA); notes that starting salaries within the MCA are as little as Â£12,000, creating significant disparities between pay for MCA workers and others doing comparable jobs in other emergency services; congratulates and thanks MCA workers for the important work they do around the UK coast including the protection and saving of life at sea; supports the MCA workers' calls for fairer pay; further notes that on 5th March 2008 approximately 700 MCA workers took part in their first ever one day strike over pay and that, as a result, half of the UK's rescue co-ordination centres closed; condemns the apparent indifference of the Secretary of State for Transport who has made no statement to the House on this subject and has not even released a press statement on it, despite numerous calls to do so from many hon. Members; and calls upon the Secretary of State to intervene without further delay to broker a deal in this dispute and then to set up an independent inquiry into the management of the MCA to ensure that industrial relations in the Agency should never again be allowed to deteriorate in this way.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alistair Carmichael	13/03/2008	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alan Reid	13/03/2008	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Smith	13/03/2008	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Thurso	13/03/2008	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Danny Alexander	13/03/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Malcolm Bruce	13/03/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Heath	13/03/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	13/03/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	14/03/2008	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	17/03/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	17/03/2008	Castle Point	Independent Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	17/03/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	17/03/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mark Durkan	18/03/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mark Hunter	18/03/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	18/03/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	18/03/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	18/03/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	18/03/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	18/03/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	19/03/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	19/03/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	19/03/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	19/03/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	19/03/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	19/03/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	19/03/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	19/03/2008	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	19/03/2008	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	19/03/2008	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/03/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	19/03/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	19/03/2008	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	19/03/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	19/03/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	19/03/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	19/03/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	19/03/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Tom Brake	19/03/2008	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	19/03/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	19/03/2008	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	19/03/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	19/03/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	19/03/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	19/03/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/03/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	20/03/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	20/03/2008	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	20/03/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/03/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	20/03/2008	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	25/03/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	25/03/2008	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	26/03/2008	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/03/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/03/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	27/03/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	01/04/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	02/04/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	02/04/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	02/04/2008	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	02/04/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Douglas Carswell	21/04/2008	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	21/04/2008	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	21/04/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Anne Begg	02/06/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	12/06/2008	Truro and St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	21/07/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	22/07/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	06/10/2008	Banff and Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	06/10/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	16/10/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Norman Lamb	04/11/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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