Gangmasters

EDM number 423 in 2003-04, proposed by Jim Sheridan on 14/01/2004.

That this House acknowledges that, while no official figures are available, estimates suggest that there are 3,000 gangmasters operating in the UK's agriculture, horticulture and food processing and packaging industries and that these gangmasters employ, supply and supervise some 60,000 gang workers for these industries; recognises that many gangmasters act responsibly and within the law and that they and their gang workers make a vital contribution to our economy; however, notes with concern the findings of both the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and the National Criminal Intelligence Service that unscrupulous rogue gangmasters are exploiting and intimidating workers, often breaching human rights and engaging in a range of criminal activities such as illegal deductions from wages, failure to pay the minimum wage or sickness pay, tax fraud, human trafficking, smuggling and the supply of drugs; believes that weak voluntary codes have left gangworkers unprotected and have undermined legitimate gangmasters, the taxpayer and the state; and recognises and welcomes the broad consensus embracing the NFU, the TUC, trades unions, major supermarkets, legitimate gangmasters, stakeholders within the industry and community groups that a robust statutory solution is now required.

This motion has been signed by a total of 183 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jim Sheridan	14/01/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Proposed
Ann McKechin	14/01/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	14/01/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	14/01/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	14/01/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	14/01/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	14/01/2004	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	14/01/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	14/01/2004	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	14/01/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
George Foulkes	14/01/2004	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Grogan	14/01/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	14/01/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	14/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mark Tami	14/01/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	14/01/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	14/01/2004	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	14/01/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	14/01/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	14/01/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	14/01/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/01/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	14/01/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	14/01/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	14/01/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/01/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	14/01/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	14/01/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	14/01/2004	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	14/01/2004	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	14/01/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	14/01/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	14/01/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	14/01/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	15/01/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	15/01/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Andrew George	15/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	15/01/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/01/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	15/01/2004	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/01/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/01/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	15/01/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ernie Ross	15/01/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	15/01/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/01/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/01/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/01/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	19/01/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jenny Tonge	19/01/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	19/01/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	19/01/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	19/01/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	19/01/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	19/01/2004	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	19/01/2004	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	19/01/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	19/01/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	20/01/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Taylor	20/01/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roy Beggs	20/01/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Nick Brown	20/01/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	20/01/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	20/01/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	20/01/2004	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	20/01/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Simmonds	20/01/2004	Boston & Skegness	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	21/01/2004	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/01/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	21/01/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Mandelson	21/01/2004	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevan Jones	21/01/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	21/01/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	21/01/2004	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Brian White	22/01/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	22/01/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Teddy Taylor	22/01/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	22/01/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	22/01/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	22/01/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	22/01/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	22/01/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	26/01/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/01/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	27/01/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	27/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Peter Duncan	27/01/2004	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/01/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/01/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	27/01/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	28/01/2004	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
John McFall	28/01/2004	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diana Organ	28/01/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
David Wright	29/01/2004	Telford	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	29/01/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	29/01/2004	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	29/01/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	30/01/2004	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	30/01/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/01/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	30/01/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	02/02/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/02/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Wray	03/02/2004	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	03/02/2004	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	03/02/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	03/02/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	03/02/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	03/02/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	03/02/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	04/02/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	04/02/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	05/02/2004	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	05/02/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/02/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	05/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/02/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	06/02/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	09/02/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Andy King	09/02/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	10/02/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/02/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/02/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	10/02/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	10/02/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	11/02/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	11/02/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	23/02/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	23/02/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	24/02/2004	York, City of	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	24/02/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/02/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/02/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/02/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	25/02/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	26/02/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	26/02/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Roche	26/02/2004	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	27/02/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	01/03/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Llew Smith	02/03/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	04/03/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	04/03/2004	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Ian Lucas	04/03/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	04/03/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Joyce Quin	05/03/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	08/03/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	09/03/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	10/03/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Laws	10/03/2004	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/03/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	18/03/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	29/03/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	10/05/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Wilkinson	17/05/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	27/05/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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