20245 2001-02 1589 Michael Connarty 2002-07-09 That this House expresses concern that 277,000 local government employees, 90 per cent. part-time women, earn less than ú5 an hour; notes that council employees' earnings have declined relative to the private sector for 10 years according to a survey by the local government employers; further notes that only one in seven councils have introduced equal pay for work of equal value, five years on from their promise to do so under the 1997 Single Status Agreement, and believes there is a mounting crisis on recruitment and retention in local government, not least because council employees are being priced out of housing; therefore calls on local government employers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to return to the negotiating table with an improved offer to avoid the first national strike for 23 years; and urges both the employers and trade unions to agree a way forward which sees the full and proper implementation of the Single Status Agreement introducing equal pay for work of equal value and a serious long-term pay strategy of the kind increasingly seen elsewhere in the public sector. Michael Connarty 2002-07-09 Proposed Falkirk East Labour Mike Hancock 2002-07-10 Signed Portsmouth South Liberal Democrat Andrew George 2002-07-10 Signed St Ives Liberal Democrat Ann Cryer 2002-07-10 Signed Keighley Labour Jeremy Corbyn 2002-07-10 Signed Islington North Labour Martin Caton 2002-07-10 Signed Gower Labour Richard Burden 2002-07-10 Signed Birmingham, Northfield Labour Kevin McNamara 2002-07-10 Signed Kingston upon Hull North Labour Elfyn Llwyd 2002-07-10 Signed Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Plaid Cymru Ashok Kumar 2002-07-10 Signed Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland Labour Lynne Jones 2002-07-10 Signed Birmingham, Selly Oak Labour Martin Smyth 2002-07-10 Signed Belfast South UUP Bob Russell 2002-07-10 Signed Colchester Liberal Democrat Roy Beggs 2002-07-11 Signed East Antrim UUP Neil Gerrard 2002-07-11 Signed Walthamstow Labour David Drew 2002-07-11 Signed Stroud Labour Co-operative Jim Dobbin 2002-07-11 Signed Heywood & Middleton Labour Co-operative Ian Davidson 2002-07-11 Signed Glasgow, Pollok Labour Co-operative Eric Illsley 2002-07-11 Signed Barnsley Central Labour Lady Hermon 2002-07-11 Signed North Down UUP Helen Clark 2002-07-15 Signed Peterborough Labour Jeff Ennis 2002-07-15 Signed Barnsley East & Mexborough Labour Vera Baird 2002-07-16 Signed Redcar Labour Bill Etherington 2002-07-16 Signed Sunderland North Labour John Cummings 2002-07-16 Signed Easington Labour Jim Cousins 2002-07-16 Signed Newcastle upon Tyne Central Labour Gregory Campbell 2002-07-16 Signed East Londonderry DUP Annette Brooke 2002-07-16 Signed Mid Dorset & North Poole Liberal Democrat Terry Lewis 2002-07-16 Signed Worsley Labour John McDonnell 2002-07-17 Signed Hayes & Harlington Labour Austin Mitchell 2002-07-17 Signed Great Grimsby Labour Colin Challen 2002-07-17 Signed Morley & Rothwell Labour Brian H Donohoe 2002-07-17 Signed Cunninghame South Labour David Hamilton 2002-07-17 Signed Midlothian Labour Harold Best 2002-07-17 Signed Leeds North West Labour David Taylor 2002-07-17 Signed North West Leicestershire Labour Co-operative Rudi Vis 2002-07-17 Signed Finchley & Golders Green Labour Joan Walley 2002-07-17 Signed Stoke-on-Trent North Labour Eric Martlew 2002-07-17 Signed Carlisle Labour Judy Mallaber 2002-07-17 Signed Amber Valley Labour Alice Mahon 2002-07-17 Signed Halifax Labour Linda Perham 2002-07-17 Signed Ilford North Labour Adam Price 2002-07-17 Signed Carmarthen East & Dinefwr Plaid Cymru Syd Rapson 2002-07-17 Signed Portsmouth North Labour Martin Salter 2002-07-17 Signed Reading West Labour Jim Sheridan 2002-07-17 Signed West Renfrewshire Labour Kelvin Hopkins 2002-07-17 Signed Luton North Labour Nigel Jones 2002-07-17 Signed Cheltenham Liberal Democrat Jackie Lawrence 2002-07-17 Signed Preseli Pembrokeshire Labour John Lyons 2002-07-17 Signed Strathkelvin & Bearsden Labour Betty Williams 2002-07-18 Signed Conwy Labour Paul Truswell 2002-07-18 Signed Pudsey Labour Jenny Tonge 2002-07-18 Signed Richmond Park Liberal Democrat David Borrow 2002-07-18 Signed South Ribble Labour Harry Cohen 2002-07-18 Signed Leyton & Wanstead Labour Albert Owen 2002-07-18 Signed Ynys M Labour Paul Holmes 2002-07-18 Signed Chesterfield Liberal Democrat Brian Jenkins 2002-07-19 Signed Tamworth Labour John Austin 2002-07-22 Signed Erith & Thamesmead Labour John Cryer 2002-07-22 Signed Hornchurch Labour Jon Cruddas 2002-07-22 Signed Dagenham Labour Colin Burgon 2002-07-22 Signed Elmet Labour Kevin Brennan 2002-07-22 Signed Cardiff West Labour Andy King 2002-07-22 Signed Rugby & Kenilworth Labour David Heyes 2002-07-22 Signed Ashton-under-Lyne Labour Alan Simpson 2002-07-22 Signed Nottingham South Labour Mike Wood 2002-07-23 Signed Batley & Spen Labour Diane Abbott 2002-07-23 Signed Hackney North & Stoke Newington Labour Frank Cook 2002-07-23 Signed Stockton North Labour Ann Clwyd 2002-07-23 Signed Cynon Valley Labour Rob Marris 2002-07-23 Signed Wolverhampton South West Labour Andrew MacKinlay 2002-07-23 Signed Thurrock Labour Calum MacDonald 2002-07-23 Signed Na h-Eileanan an Iar Labour Martyn Jones 2002-07-23 Signed Clwyd South Labour Paddy Tipping 2002-07-24 Signed Sherwood Labour Win Griffiths 2002-07-24 Signed Bridgend Labour Janet Dean 2002-07-24 Signed Burton Labour Nick Harvey 2002-07-24 Signed North Devon Liberal Democrat Jon Trickett 2002-09-24 Signed Hemsworth Labour Denzil Davies 2002-09-24 Signed Llanelli Labour Ronnie Campbell 2002-09-24 Signed Blyth Valley Labour Eddie McGrady 2002-09-24 Signed South Down Social Democratic and Labour Party Kevan Jones 2002-09-24 Signed North Durham Labour Stephen Hepburn 2002-09-24 Signed Jarrow Labour Geraldine Smith 2002-09-24 Signed Morecambe & Lunesdale Labour Phil Sawford 2002-09-24 Signed Kettering Labour Joyce Quin 2002-09-24 Signed Gateshead East & Washington West Labour Chris McCafferty 2002-10-15 Signed Calder Valley Labour John McWilliam 2002-10-15 Signed Blaydon Labour Kerry Pollard 2002-10-28 Signed St Albans Labour