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EDM number 1913 in 2008-09, proposed by Timothy Farron on 16/07/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Information technology.

That this House notes with concern the increasing trend amongst banks that have received Government funding for sourcing more of their IT jobs overseas; expresses regret at the detrimental effect this is having on the UK skills base and the ability of new graduates to gain experience in the industry; calls on the Government to conduct a cost benefit study on the tax payers' interest as opposed to the short-term commercial advantage; further calls on the Government to introduce an IT apprenticeship scheme whereby graduates are supplied on a one year contract to Government projects to provide them with greater employment experience so that they can then be placed in the industry; and believes this would provide a long-term, repeatable, and sustainable mechanism to support the IT industry with skilled staff at a time when recovering companies are in need of a pool of IT expertise.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tim Farron16/07/2009Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratProposed
Nigel Evans16/07/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones20/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
David Taylor20/07/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle20/07/2009ChorleyLabourSeconded
Iris Robinson20/07/2009StrangfordDUPSeconded
John Leech21/07/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley21/07/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock21/07/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds21/07/2009Belfast NorthDUPSigned
John McDonnell21/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins21/07/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson21/07/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Frank Cook13/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Robert Wareing13/10/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Lorely Burt14/10/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell19/10/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Williams26/10/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson03/11/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Ian Cawsey11/11/2009Brigg and GooleLabourSigned

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