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Equality Bill And Access To Public Sector Contracts

EDM number 747 in 2008-09, proposed by David Amess on 10/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Equality.

That this House welcomes the intentions behind the Government's proposed Equality Bill; expresses concern, however, that the measures it contains to use public sector procurement as a lever to ensure that private sector companies are meeting the proposed equality duty will have an adverse impact on small and medium-sized enterprises, which do not necessarily have the resources to support the extra administration required to prove that they are meeting the new duty; notes the Glover Review's findings that small and medium-sized enterprises already encounter barriers to accessing the £160 billion of public sector procurement contracts that are on offer each year; believes that the current provisions in the draft Equality Bill will exacerbate these difficulties; recognises that in the current macroeconomic environment it is important to ease administrative burdens on businesses; and therefore supports the British Chambers of Commerce in its campaign to ask the Government to consider the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises in determining the final provisions of the Equality Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Amess10/02/2009Southend WestConservativeProposed
Stephen Crabb10/02/2009Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSeconded
Andrew George10/02/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jim Dobbin10/02/2009Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Malcolm Bruce10/02/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd11/02/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle11/02/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Nigel Evans11/02/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson11/02/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/02/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Leech12/02/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming12/02/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor12/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
George Howarth23/02/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
Bob Laxton23/02/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Malcolm Moss23/02/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Graham Brady23/02/2009Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
David Drew23/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard23/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley23/02/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood23/02/2009Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Mark Hunter24/02/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch24/02/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor24/02/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Mark Oaten25/02/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner25/02/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
John Battle26/02/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Andrew Pelling26/02/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Paul Rowen26/02/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh27/02/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
Kate Hoey27/02/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
Patrick Mercer27/02/2009NewarkConservativeSigned
Anthony D Wright27/02/2009Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Michael Penning02/03/2009Hemel HempsteadConservativeSigned
Greg Pope02/03/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/03/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams05/03/2009Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Binley06/03/2009Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Richard Bacon10/03/2009South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Phil Willis10/03/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
John Horam12/03/2009OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe16/03/2009Maidstone and The WealdConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer23/03/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean24/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
David Heath31/03/2009Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
George MudieUnknownWithdrawn

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