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Support For British Merchant Seafarers

EDM number 1282 in 2015-16, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 21/03/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Companies, Employment, Industrial relations and Shipping.

That this House notes reports of increased redundancies of British merchant seamen in the North Sea; further notes the 65,000 job losses in the North Sea oil and gas industry in the last year; understands the pressure shipping companies are under to cut operating costs; expresses its concern at reports of British merchant seamen being replaced by cheaper and often less qualified foreign crew; recognises the problem of marine recruitment companies advertising jobs abroad but not in the UK; acknowledges the impact this may have on the British merchant shipping industry and the employment prospects of young sea cadets; believes the increase in numbers of foreign crew on British ships has the potential to cause problems in the industry due to language barriers and unfamiliarity with local seas; calls on British shipping companies to work with the maritime union Nautilus to support seafarers who have lost their jobs or are facing redundancy; and further calls on the Government to review the recruitment practices of UK shipping companies and provide an assessment of the impact these redundancies are having on the UK maritime industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alistair Carmichael21/03/2016Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratProposed
Jim Shannon21/03/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Alan Meale21/03/2016MansfieldLabourSeconded
Liz Saville Roberts22/03/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
Tom Brake22/03/2016Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Norman Lamb22/03/2016North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley22/03/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Martyn Day23/03/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams23/03/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn23/03/2016Newport WestLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds23/03/2016Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Chris Stephens23/03/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon23/03/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Alan Brown24/03/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Robinson11/04/2016Belfast EastDUPSigned
David Simpson11/04/2016Upper BannDUPSigned
Ronnie Cowan11/04/2016InverclydeScottish National PartySigned
Patricia Gibson11/04/2016North Ayrshire and ArranScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier11/04/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Greg Mulholland12/04/2016Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Monaghan12/04/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Doughty12/04/2016Cardiff South and PenarthLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham12/04/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Chris Law12/04/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Virendra Sharma13/04/2016Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Tommy Sheppard14/04/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands18/04/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
George Howarth18/04/2016KnowsleyLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper21/04/2016West LancashireLabourSigned
Hywel Williams25/04/2016ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
David Crausby27/04/2016Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Anne McLaughlin11/05/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned

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