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Low Pay In The Premier League

EDM number 881 in 2008-09, proposed by Alan Keen on 25/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Pay and Sports.

That this House congratulates the Fair Pay Network, a coalition of trades unions and anti-poverty charities and the Institute of Public Policy Research on their campaign to secure fair pay for the large section of off-the-pitch staff working for Premier League clubs who receive low pay; notes that this initiative enjoys cross-party support, including that of the Minister for Sport and the Mayor of London; acknowledges the best practice business case presented by companies such as KPMG and Premier League sponsors Barclays, which records money-saving results for fair-paying large employers; and calls on all 20 Premier League clubs to engage positively with this initiative and with the offer of support from both the Fair Pay Network and the business community.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alan Keen25/02/2009Feltham and HestonLabourProposed
Karen Buck25/02/2009Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSeconded
Jon Cruddas25/02/2009DagenhamLabourSeconded
Don Foster25/02/2009BathLiberal DemocratSeconded
Colin Burgon25/02/2009ElmetLabourSeconded
Adam Price25/02/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Bob Russell25/02/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan25/02/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Lynne Jones26/02/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Stephen Williams26/02/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil26/02/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
David Taylor26/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Drew26/02/2009StroudLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore26/02/2009HendonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/02/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/02/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Pugh26/02/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Greg Pope02/03/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Jim Devine02/03/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Alan Meale02/03/2009MansfieldLabourSigned
Betty Williams02/03/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Martin Caton03/03/2009GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock03/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis03/03/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
John Leech03/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty04/03/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell04/03/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Pound04/03/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
David Chaytor05/03/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson09/03/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Eric Illsley10/03/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Janet Dean10/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Jo Swinson22/04/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis28/04/2009AberavonLabourSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn

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