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Bangladesh Garment Factory Disaster

EDM number 40 in 2013-14, proposed by George Galloway on 08/05/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Death, Industrial health and safety and Manufacturing industries.

That this House sends its condolences to the families of the more than 600 people killed and to the many more injured in the collapse of the garment factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh; notes that this factory supplies clothes to some of the big name companies on Britain's high streets; further notes that the factory managers and owners are alleged to have ignored signs of cracking in the building reported days before the collapse in a building that had had five more storeys added than it should have; further notes that factories in developing countries like Bangladesh are under enormous pressure to minimise costs from the western multinational companies buying from them; believes that western multinationals buying from developing countries have a responsibility to ensure that the factories producing these goods provide a safe environment for their workers to work in and for workers' rights to be fully recognised and respected; further believes that the western multinationals that bought clothes from this factory should provide compensation to the bereaved families and the injured survivors; calls on the Government to work with the Bangladeshi government to secure safe working conditions for Bangladeshi workers supplying British markets; and further calls on the Government to enact laws that will provide for sanctions if western multinationals selling goods in this country fail to fulfil their responsibilities to ensure safe and decent working conditions for those working in their supply chain.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
George Galloway08/05/2013Bradford WestRespectProposed
John McDonnell09/05/2013Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn10/05/2013Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Dobbin13/05/2013Heywood and MiddletonLabourSeconded
Mark Durkan13/05/2013FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
David Anderson13/05/2013BlaydonLabourSeconded
Jonathan Edwards13/05/2013Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Margaret Ritchie14/05/2013South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins14/05/2013Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Meale14/05/2013MansfieldLabourSigned
Mary Glindon14/05/2013North TynesideLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan15/05/2013Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George15/05/2013St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton15/05/2013GowerLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/05/2013Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Naomi Long16/05/2013Belfast EastAllianceSigned
Michael Connarty16/05/2013Linlithgow and East FalkirkLabourSigned
Mike Hancock20/05/2013Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Virendra Sharma20/05/2013Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff21/05/2013Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Jim McGovern03/06/2013Dundee WestLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy19/06/2013GlenrothesLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/09/2013Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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