NEW STANDARD CONTRACT FOR HON. MEMBERS' STAFF (EDM568)

NEW STANDARD CONTRACT FOR HON. MEMBERS' STAFF

EDM number 568 in 2008-09, proposed by Bill Etherington on 26/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Members of Parliament.

That this House notes with concern the new standard contract for hon. Members' staff which extends the minimum hours of work from 37.5 to 42 hours and does not allow hon. Members to negotiate contractual hours outside these boundaries; is concerned that this will cause tension where new employees have longer contractual hours than existing staff; further notes that the contract was agreed by the Advisory Panel on Members' Allowances and introduced by the Department of Resources without formal consultation with staff union representatives; and urges all hon. Members to support recognition of the UNITE Parliamentary staff branch by the House authorities to ensure that they have a formal voice in future changes to the contract.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Etherington	26/01/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	26/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Graham Stringer	27/01/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	27/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
John McDonnell	27/01/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	27/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	27/01/2009	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	27/01/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	27/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	27/01/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	27/01/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/01/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	27/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	27/01/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	27/01/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	28/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Leech	28/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	28/01/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/01/2009	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	28/01/2009	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	28/01/2009	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	28/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	28/01/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	29/01/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	29/01/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	29/01/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	03/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	04/02/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	04/02/2009	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	10/02/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	23/02/2009	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	23/02/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	23/02/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	23/02/2009	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	02/03/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/03/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	20/04/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	12/10/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/10/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Lyn Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn

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