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Bangladesh Safety Contract

EDM number 121 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 16/05/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Companies and Industrial health and safety.

That this House notes that a number of companies have now signed a voluntary safety contract in the aftermath of the Bangladesh garment factory disaster which is now known to have killed at least 1,127 people; further notes that the safety contract is intended to ensure higher fire and safety standards at manufacturing facilities in the region; further notes that a number of US-based large retailers which sell in the UK have yet to sign up to this contract; welcomes this initiative; deplores the companies which have not yet signed; believes that a voluntary contract is no substitute for legal requirements on Western companies being supplied from Bangladesh and other developing countries to ensure proper safety standards and decent working conditions in their supply chain with the threat of severe penalties for breaches of such a law; and calls on the Government, therefore, to legislate to this effect with alacrity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway16/05/2013Bradford WestRespectProposed
Alan Meale20/05/2013MansfieldLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin20/05/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan20/05/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Margaret Ritchie21/05/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Martin Caton21/05/2013GowerLabourSeconded
John McDonnell21/05/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/05/2013Islington NorthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins03/06/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell03/06/2013Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Naomi Long19/06/2013Belfast EastAllianceSigned

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