25443
2003-04
704
University Salaries
Ian Gibson
2004-02-26
That this House believes our universities, and the staff who work within them, are a valuable part of our society and our economy; notes that university staff have delivered all that has been asked of them over the last two decades but have not been adequately rewarded for their achievements; notes with particular concern the long-term decline in university salaries which has seen academic pay drop by 40 per cent. compared to average earnings; believes this is a contributory factor to the growing recruitment and retention problems which exist across the higher education sector; warmly welcomes the cross-party support for higher salaries for academic and related staff and, in particular, believes they should receive their fair share of the 18 per cent. real terms funding increase in England and the funding increases in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; is therefore dismayed that academic staff in the 'old' universities are being offered longer scales and shorter increments, thus worsening their career prospects, while all academic and related staff are being offered a pay rise barely above inflation; further notes that university vice-chancellors have received an average pay increase of 6 per cent., double that offered to their employees; and urges the university vice-chancellors to make their staff a priority, return to the negotiating table and seek a settlement to the current pay dispute which is in the interests of staff, students and the country as a whole.
Ian Gibson
2004-02-26
Proposed
Norwich North
Labour
Simon Thomas
2004-02-26
Signed
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Phil Willis
2004-02-26
Signed
Harrogate & Knaresborough
Liberal Democrat
Bob Spink
2004-02-27
Signed
Castle Point
Conservative
Andrew George
2004-02-27
Signed
St Ives
Liberal Democrat
Jane Griffiths
2004-02-27
Signed
Reading East
Labour
Adam Price
2004-03-01
Signed
Carmarthen East & Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Syd Rapson
2004-03-01
Signed
Portsmouth North
Labour
Iris Robinson
2004-03-01
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Bob Russell
2004-03-01
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Martin Smyth
2004-03-01
Signed
Belfast South
UUP
Paul Holmes
2004-03-01
Signed
Chesterfield
Liberal Democrat
Lynne Jones
2004-03-01
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2004-03-01
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Paul Flynn
2004-03-01
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Brian Sedgemore
2004-03-02
Signed
Hackney South & Shoreditch
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2004-03-02
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Brian Iddon
2004-03-02
Signed
Bolton South East
Labour
Nigel Jones
2004-03-02
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Mark Lazarowicz
2004-03-02
Signed
Edinburgh North & Leith
Labour Co-operative
Iain Luke
2004-03-02
Signed
Dundee East
Labour
Paul Marsden
2004-03-02
Signed
Shrewsbury & Atcham
Liberal Democrat
Kevin McNamara
2004-03-02
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Labour
Martin Caton
2004-03-02
Signed
Gower
Labour
Colin Challen
2004-03-02
Signed
Morley & Rothwell
Labour
Ann Cryer
2004-03-02
Signed
Keighley
Labour
David Drew
2004-03-02
Signed
Stroud
Labour Co-operative
Annabelle Ewing
2004-03-02
Signed
Perth
Scottish National Party
Harry Barnes
2004-03-02
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Labour
Andrew Stunell
2004-03-02
Signed
Hazel Grove
Liberal Democrat
Gordon Prentice
2004-03-03
Signed
Pendle
Labour
Andy Reed
2004-03-03
Signed
Loughborough
Labour Co-operative
Marsha Singh
2004-03-03
Signed
Bradford West
Labour
Denis Murphy
2004-03-03
Signed
Wansbeck
Labour
Ross Cranston
2004-03-03
Signed
Dudley North
Labour
Janet Dean
2004-03-03
Signed
Burton
Labour
John Austin
2004-03-03
Signed
Erith & Thamesmead
Labour
John Battle
2004-03-03
Signed
Leeds West
Labour
Desmond Turner
2004-03-03
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
John Pugh
2004-03-04
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Alan Simpson
2004-03-04
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Eric Illsley
2004-03-04
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
Tony Lloyd
2004-03-04
Signed
Manchester Central
Labour
Chris McCafferty
2004-03-04
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Doug Naysmith
2004-03-04
Signed
Bristol North West
Labour Co-operative
Edward O'Hara
2004-03-04
Signed
Knowsley South
Labour
Menzies Campbell
2004-03-04
Signed
Fife North East
Liberal Democrat
Tony Colman
2004-03-04
Signed
Putney
Labour
Jim Dobbin
2004-03-04
Signed
Heywood & Middleton
Labour Co-operative
Nigel Dodds
2004-03-04
Signed
Belfast North
DUP
Roy Beggs
2004-03-04
Signed
East Antrim
UUP
Paul Stinchcombe
2004-03-04
Signed
Wellingborough
Labour
Paul Tyler
2004-03-04
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Tony Worthington
2004-03-04
Signed
Clydebank & Milngavie
Labour
Joyce Quin
2004-03-05
Signed
Gateshead East & Washington West
Labour
David Chidgey
2004-03-05
Signed
Eastleigh
Liberal Democrat
Win Griffiths
2004-03-05
Signed
Bridgend
Labour
Nick Harvey
2004-03-08
Signed
North Devon
Liberal Democrat
Andrew Hunter
2004-03-08
Signed
Basingstoke
Independent Conservative
Gerald Kaufman
2004-03-08
Signed
Manchester, Gorton
Labour
Martin O'Neill
2004-03-08
Signed
Ochil
Labour
Keith Bradley
2004-03-08
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2004-03-08
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Sue Doughty
2004-03-08
Signed
Guildford
Liberal Democrat
Don Foster
2004-03-08
Signed
Bath
Liberal Democrat
Harold Best
2004-03-08
Signed
Leeds North West
Labour
Rudi Vis
2004-03-08
Signed
Finchley & Golders Green
Labour
Andy King
2004-03-09
Signed
Rugby & Kenilworth
Labour
Annette Brooke
2004-03-09
Signed
Mid Dorset & North Poole
Liberal Democrat
Mike Hancock
2004-03-09
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Graham Stringer
2004-03-09
Signed
Manchester, Blackley
Labour
Jenny Tonge
2004-03-09
Signed
Richmond Park
Liberal Democrat
Mike Wood
2004-03-09
Signed
Batley & Spen
Labour
Simon Hughes
2004-03-10
Signed
North Southwark & Bermondsey
Liberal Democrat
Martyn Jones
2004-03-10
Signed
Clwyd South
Labour
Patsy Calton
2004-03-10
Signed
Cheadle
Liberal Democrat
David Chaytor
2004-03-10
Signed
Bury North
Labour
Brian Cotter
2004-03-10
Signed
Weston-Super-Mare
Liberal Democrat
Julia Drown
2004-03-10
Signed
South Swindon
Labour
Jeff Ennis
2004-03-10
Signed
Barnsley East & Mexborough
Labour
Neil Gerrard
2004-03-10
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
Teddy Taylor
2004-03-10
Signed
Rochford & Southend East
Conservative
Brian White
2004-03-10
Signed
North East Milton Keynes
Labour
Phil Sawford
2004-03-11
Signed
Kettering
Labour
Stephen Hesford
2004-03-11
Signed
Wirral West
Labour
Lembit
2004-03-11
Signed
Montgomeryshire
Liberal Democrat
Jim Cousins
2004-03-11
Signed
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Labour
Valerie Davey
2004-03-11
Signed
Bristol West
Labour
Roger Berry
2004-03-11
Signed
Kingswood
Labour
Julie Morgan
2004-03-12
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Diane Abbott
2004-03-12
Signed
Hackney North & Stoke Newington
Labour
Gavin Strang
2004-03-12
Signed
Edinburgh East & Musselburgh
Labour
Sydney Chapman
2004-03-15
Signed
Chipping Barnet
Conservative
Louise Ellman
2004-03-15
Signed
Liverpool, Riverside
Labour Co-operative
David Borrow
2004-03-15
Signed
South Ribble
Labour
Joan Ruddock
2004-03-16
Signed
Lewisham, Deptford
Labour
Peter Mandelson
2004-03-16
Signed
Hartlepool
Labour
Austin Mitchell
2004-03-16
Signed
Great Grimsby
Labour
Martin Salter
2004-03-17
Signed
Reading West
Labour
Claire Curtis-Thomas
2004-03-17
Signed
Crosby
Labour
Frank Field
2004-03-17
Signed
Birkenhead
Labour
Matthew Green
2004-03-17
Signed
Ludlow
Liberal Democrat
Angela Eagle
2004-03-18
Signed
Wallasey
Labour
Steve Webb
2004-03-18
Signed
Northavon
Liberal Democrat
Eddie McGrady
2004-03-22
Signed
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McWilliam
2004-03-22
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Tony Clarke
2004-03-23
Signed
Northampton South
Labour
Robert Jackson
2004-03-24
Signed
Wantage
Conservative
Paul Farrelly
2004-03-24
Signed
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2004-03-24
Signed
Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath
Labour
Michael Moore
2004-03-25
Signed
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
Liberal Democrat
Bill Etherington
2004-03-26
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Malcolm Bruce
2004-03-31
Signed
Gordon
Liberal Democrat
Christine Russell
2004-04-01
Signed
Chester, City of
Labour
Peter Kilfoyle
2004-04-19
Signed
Liverpool, Walton
Labour
Michael Meacher
2004-04-19
Signed
Oldham West & Royton
Labour
Richard Burden
2004-04-19
Signed
Birmingham, Northfield
Labour
John McDonnell
2004-04-20
Signed
Hayes & Harlington
Labour
Geraldine Smith
2004-04-22
Signed
Morecambe & Lunesdale
Labour
David Heath
2004-04-22
Signed
Somerton & Frome
Liberal Democrat
Roger Williams
2004-04-29
Signed
Brecon & Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat
Brian Jenkins
2004-05-04
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2004-05-06
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Plaid Cymru
Tony McWalter
2004-05-17
Signed
Hemel Hempstead
Labour Co-operative
Helen Clark
2004-05-18
Signed
Peterborough
Labour
John Smith
2004-05-20
Signed
Vale of Glamorgan
Labour
Malcolm Savidge
2004-05-24
Signed
Aberdeen North
Labour
Edward Davey
2004-05-26
Signed
Kingston & Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Parmjit Dhanda
2004-07-01
Signed
Gloucester
Labour
Terry Davis
Withdrawn