SEAFARERS' JOBS AND THE TONNAGE TAX

EDM number 880 in 2003-04, proposed by Gwyn Prosser on 22/03/2004.

That this House is deeply concerned that the total number of UK seafaring ratings has declined from 30,000 ratings in 1980 to less than 10,000 in 2003; regrets that the decline has continued since the introduction of the Government's tonnage tax regime; notes that the proportion of British officers is also declining and has fallen by more than 27 per cent. in the last three years; believes that the decline in UK seafarers cannot be allowed to continue if this country is to retain a core of essential maritime skills; abhors the fact that ship owners who have benefited massively from millions of pounds of public subsidy through the tonnage tax regime have failed to arrest this decline in British jobs; notes that in its current form the tonnage tax has not generated significant training and employment opportunities for UK seafaring ratings and officers; and calls on the Government to use the current Inland Revenue review to introduce a firm link between the concession and the increased employment of UK seafaring ratings and officers on UK registered ships.

This motion has been signed by a total of 167 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gwyn Prosser	22/03/2004	Dover	Labour	Proposed
Anthony D Wright	22/03/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	22/03/2004	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	22/03/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	22/03/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	22/03/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/03/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	23/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	23/03/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/03/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/03/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	23/03/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Taylor	24/03/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hywel Francis	24/03/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	24/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/03/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	24/03/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	24/03/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	24/03/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	24/03/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	25/03/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	25/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	25/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	26/03/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/03/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Lewis	29/03/2004	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	29/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	30/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	30/03/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	30/03/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	30/03/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	31/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	31/03/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	31/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	31/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	31/03/2004	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	31/03/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	31/03/2004	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/04/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	01/04/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/04/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	19/04/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	19/04/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/04/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/04/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	05/05/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	05/05/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	06/05/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/05/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joe Benton	10/05/2004	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	11/05/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	11/05/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	12/05/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/05/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Louise Ellman	13/05/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	17/05/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	17/05/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	17/05/2004	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	18/05/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	18/05/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	18/05/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	20/05/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	20/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	21/05/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	24/05/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	27/05/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	07/06/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	08/06/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Ann McKechin	08/06/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	14/06/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/06/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
John Thurso	17/06/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iain Coleman	21/06/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	22/06/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	23/06/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Valerie Davey	23/06/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	24/06/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vera Baird	28/06/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	28/06/2004	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/06/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/06/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	28/06/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	28/06/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	28/06/2004	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	28/06/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Ruane	28/06/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/06/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	29/06/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Candy Atherton	29/06/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	30/06/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Clarke	30/06/2004	Coatbridge & Chryston	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	30/06/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	01/07/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	05/07/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	06/07/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/07/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Perham	06/07/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	07/07/2004	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	07/07/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Lucas	07/07/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	07/07/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	08/07/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/07/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Angus Robertson	08/07/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Pete Wishart	12/07/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	12/07/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Teddy Taylor	12/07/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	12/07/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	12/07/2004	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	12/07/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	12/07/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	12/07/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	13/07/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	13/07/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	13/07/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	13/07/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	14/07/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	14/07/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Archy Kirkwood	14/07/2004	Roxburgh & Berwickshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	15/07/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	15/07/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/07/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Burnett	16/07/2004	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geraldine Smith	16/07/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	19/07/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	19/07/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Doran	19/07/2004	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	19/07/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	20/07/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	20/07/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	21/07/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	21/07/2004	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/07/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	21/07/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	21/07/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	21/07/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	22/07/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Wayne David	22/07/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/07/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	22/07/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	07/09/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Matthew Taylor	07/09/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Hall	07/09/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	07/09/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Flook	07/09/2004	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	07/09/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	07/09/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/09/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	07/09/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	07/09/2004	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	07/09/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	08/09/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	09/09/2004	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	13/09/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	16/09/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Peter Duncan	21/10/2004	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	03/11/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Andrew Rosindell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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