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Royal Horticultural Society

EDM number 2017 in 2008-09, proposed by Ann Cryer on 13/10/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Agriculture.

That this House recognises the outstanding 200 year history of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and its consistent promotion of excellence in gardening and horticulture; further recognises that the Society's charitable purpose is the `encouragement and improvement of the science, art and practice of horticulture in all its branches'; but is concerned at reports that the Society's present management is seeking to cut the workforce substantially without presenting a sustainable case for doing so and has already ended the RHS pension scheme and closed the employees' canteen at Wisley; is further concerned that employees have been told that any refusal to accept new and inferior terms and conditions will be met with loss of employment; and calls on the RHS to recognise that it has a superb and dedicated workforce which should be treated decently and consulted properly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 74 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Cryer13/10/2009KeighleyLabourProposed
Phil Willis13/10/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSeconded
Julie Morgan13/10/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSeconded
Philip Davies13/10/2009ShipleyConservativeSeconded
Dennis Skinner13/10/2009BolsoverLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins13/10/2009Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin13/10/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Jo Swinson13/10/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander13/10/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor13/10/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley13/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
John Grogan13/10/2009SelbyLabourSigned
Diane Abbott13/10/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/10/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Paul Flynn13/10/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
David Drew13/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
David Crausby13/10/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/10/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty13/10/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay13/10/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Andrew Love13/10/2009EdmontonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones13/10/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Joan Humble13/10/2009Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle13/10/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith13/10/2009Morecambe and LunesdaleLabourSigned
Bob Russell13/10/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Prentice13/10/2009PendleLabourSigned
Martin Caton14/10/2009GowerLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore14/10/2009HendonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock14/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Borrow14/10/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
Rudi Vis14/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Robert Wareing14/10/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell14/10/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/10/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Iris Robinson14/10/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
David Heyes14/10/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Kim Howells14/10/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
Brian Iddon14/10/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
William McCrea14/10/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Colin Breed14/10/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey15/10/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lady Hermon15/10/2009North DownUUPSigned
Edward O'Hara15/10/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke15/10/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton15/10/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter15/10/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies15/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Frank Doran16/10/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Betty Williams19/10/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Andrew George19/10/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell19/10/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Michael Clapham19/10/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy20/10/2009Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian McCartney20/10/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Alan Meale20/10/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Paul Truswell20/10/2009PudseyLabourSigned
Denis Murphy21/10/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Roger Williams22/10/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton22/10/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch22/10/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard26/10/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Frank Cook26/10/2009Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/10/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins27/10/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Ian Stewart27/10/2009EcclesLabourSigned
John Leech28/10/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer29/10/2009Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley05/11/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
John Hemming05/11/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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