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False Self-Employment

EDM number 2099 in 2007-08, proposed by Alan Meale on 21/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Industry and Taxation.

That this House is aware that false self-employment, where workers are registered as self-employed but have all the characteristics of an employee but none of the employment rights which accompany such a status, is endemic in a number of industries in the UK, notably the construction industry; acknowledges recent research commissioned by the trade union UCATT, the Evasion Economy, prepared by Professor Mark Harvey which estimated that there are at least 400,000 false self-employed construction workers in the UK, which costs taxpayers approximately £1.7 billion per year; and believes that the Government should act immediately to end such practices both in the interests of the economy and more importantly for those who are forced or encouraged into such employment scenarios by unscrupulous employers whose intent is merely to make a fast buck, whatever the consequences for those they employ.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Meale21/07/2008MansfieldLabourProposed
Rudi Vis21/07/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Bill Etherington21/07/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell21/07/2008Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones21/07/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Martin Caton22/07/2008GowerLabourSeconded
John McDonnell22/07/2008Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Betty Williams22/07/2008ConwyLabourSigned
Janet Dean22/07/2008BurtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer22/07/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/07/2008Islington NorthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty22/07/2008Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Harry Cohen22/07/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins22/07/2008TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson22/07/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing06/10/2008Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Mike Hancock06/10/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Crausby06/10/2008Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty06/10/2008Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore06/10/2008HendonLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan07/10/2008Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner07/10/2008BolsoverLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins07/10/2008Luton NorthLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle07/10/2008ChorleyLabourSigned
Jim Cousins07/10/2008Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Mark Durkan07/10/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Dai Davies07/10/2008Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Elfyn Llwyd08/10/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Devine08/10/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
David Drew08/10/2008StroudLabourSigned
David Anderson13/10/2008BlaydonLabourSigned
Eric Illsley16/10/2008Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Katy Clark17/10/2008North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
David Hamilton22/10/2008MidlothianLabourSigned
Nick Harvey30/10/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon03/11/2008Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Andy Reed06/11/2008LoughboroughLabourSigned
Michael Jabez Foster13/11/2008Hastings and RyeLabourSigned

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