Merchant Navy Officers With Offshore Contracts

EDM number 254 in 2000-01, proposed by Julie Morgan on 25/01/2001.

That this House deplores the invidious position faced by Merchant Navy officers whose contracts are being terminated on ships in the Associated Bulk Carriers fleet that is being sold by the P and O Group; notes that, despite being UK citizens and having many years of loyal service, these officers are employed on 'offshore' contracts; notes the nature of these contracts, based in Bermuda, is such that these officers are denied the employment protection rights that are extended to British workers ashore and are therefore exposed to a non-UK legal system with which they are unfamiliar; notes that the arrangements mean that these officers are effectively denied the right to pursue legitimate contractual issues through the UK and European legal systems; urges P and O to look again at this situation, in the light of their massive cost savings made by this sale, to ensure that the officers receive, as a minimum a settlement equivalent to, their full pay for the notice period; and also urges the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions to look again at the proposals of the Working Group on Shipping with regard to protection of those people working on 'offshore' contracts.

This motion has been signed by a total of 146 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julie Morgan	25/01/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Proposed
Neil Turner	25/01/2001	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	25/01/2001	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/01/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	25/01/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ray Michie	25/01/2001	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alun Michael	25/01/2001	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	25/01/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	25/01/2001	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	25/01/2001	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	25/01/2001	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	25/01/2001	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	25/01/2001	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/01/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	31/01/2001	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	31/01/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	31/01/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	31/01/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	31/01/2001	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	31/01/2001	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	31/01/2001	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	31/01/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	31/01/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/01/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	31/01/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	31/01/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Ivan Henderson	31/01/2001	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	31/01/2001	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/01/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	31/01/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	31/01/2001	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	01/02/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Clarke	01/02/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/02/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/02/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	01/02/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	01/02/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/02/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	05/02/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Winnick	05/02/2001	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	06/02/2001	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	06/02/2001	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	06/02/2001	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	06/02/2001	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	06/02/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Brian Cotter	06/02/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robin Corbett	06/02/2001	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	06/02/2001	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
John McFall	06/02/2001	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Michie	06/02/2001	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	06/02/2001	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	06/02/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julian Brazier	06/02/2001	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	07/02/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	07/02/2001	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	07/02/2001	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	07/02/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	07/02/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	07/02/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Winterton	07/02/2001	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	07/02/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	07/02/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	07/02/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	07/02/2001	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/02/2001	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	07/02/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	07/02/2001	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Clark	07/02/2001	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/02/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	07/02/2001	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/02/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Clive Efford	08/02/2001	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/02/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	08/02/2001	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	08/02/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hilary Benn	08/02/2001	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	08/02/2001	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	08/02/2001	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/02/2001	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	08/02/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	08/02/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	08/02/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/02/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Jamie Cann	08/02/2001	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	08/02/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	08/02/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	08/02/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/02/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	08/02/2001	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ken Livingstone	08/02/2001	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Calum MacDonald	08/02/2001	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	08/02/2001	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	08/02/2001	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	08/02/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	09/02/2001	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	09/02/2001	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	09/02/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	09/02/2001	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	12/02/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/02/2001	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	12/02/2001	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	13/02/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	13/02/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	13/02/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	13/02/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Brand	13/02/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	13/02/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	13/02/2001	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	13/02/2001	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	13/02/2001	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Ted Rowlands	13/02/2001	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	13/02/2001	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	14/02/2001	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/02/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	14/02/2001	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	14/02/2001	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	14/02/2001	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	14/02/2001	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	14/02/2001	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/02/2001	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	15/02/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	15/02/2001	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	26/02/2001	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	26/02/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	26/02/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	26/02/2001	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Phil Sawford	26/02/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	27/02/2001	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	28/02/2001	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	28/02/2001	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	28/02/2001	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	28/02/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	28/02/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William Ross	28/02/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Maria Fyfe	01/03/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Ken Maginnis	05/03/2001	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Paul Flynn	07/03/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/03/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/03/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	08/03/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	21/03/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	28/03/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	04/04/2001	Dover	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	25/04/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
John Austin	02/05/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed

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