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Freelance Rights

EDM number 1961 in 2008-09, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 21/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Employment.

That this House notes that freelance workers have been hit hard by the economic downturn and are losing significant amounts of regular work with little or no warning and without any redundancy pay or compensation; further notes that many freelance workers have little choice but to take up self-employment because of employment practices in their sector; further notes that at present freelance workers are entitled to pro rata holiday pay for the periods that they work; believes that a similar system could be applied to other employment rights, such as redundancy pay; therefore calls for improved rights across all sectors in which regular freelance work occurs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Austin Mitchell21/07/2009Great GrimsbyLabourProposed
Dai Davies21/07/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSeconded
Don Foster21/07/2009BathLiberal DemocratSeconded
Katy Clark21/07/2009North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSeconded
Paul Farrelly21/07/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSeconded
Nigel Griffiths21/07/2009Edinburgh SouthLabourSeconded
Frank Cook21/07/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
David Drew21/07/2009StroudLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins21/07/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
John McDonnell21/07/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Diane Abbott21/07/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/07/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones21/07/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle21/07/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
John Leech13/10/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley13/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham13/10/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
David Lepper13/10/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz13/10/2009Edinburgh North and LeithLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson13/10/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
George Howarth13/10/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty13/10/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Roger Williams14/10/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter15/10/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed15/10/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Martin Linton16/10/2009BatterseaLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Ian McCartney20/10/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Roger Berry26/10/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
David Hamilton03/11/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith05/11/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Harry Cohen11/11/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned

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