Equal Treatment For Agency Workers

EDM number 1299 in 2006-07, proposed by Paul Farrelly on 18/04/2007.

That this House notes that over 100 hon. Members attended the House on Friday 2nd March to support the Temporary Agency Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Bill; congratulates the trades unions on their campaigns to highlight the unfair treatment from which many thousands of agency workers continue to suffer; is concerned by the findings of recent reports from the Trades Union Congress showing that agency workers generally receive less pay and are engaged on worse terms and conditions than permanent workers in both the private and public sectors; further notes that such problems may deepen in the future with increasing casualisation of the workforce; urges the Department of Trade and Industry to take account of such evidence of deep-seated discrimination in its consultation on vulnerable workers; believes that an effective European Directive to give equal treatment to agency workers will not be implemented within the lifetime of this parliament; and calls on the Government to introduce domestic legislation as soon as possible to address the issue, thereby fulfilling the pledge made to the trades unions in the Warwick Agreement and bolstering the progressive measures already introduced to improve the lives of hard-working families and tackle the causes of child poverty.

This motion has been signed by a total of 131 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Paul Farrelly	18/04/2007	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Proposed
Tony Lloyd	18/04/2007	Manchester Central	Labour	Seconded
Ian Stewart	18/04/2007	Eccles	Labour	Seconded
Charlotte Atkins	18/04/2007	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Seconded
Ann McKechin	18/04/2007	Glasgow North	Labour	Seconded
Gwyneth Dunwoody	18/04/2007	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Seconded
Clive Betts	18/04/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	18/04/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	18/04/2007	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	18/04/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	18/04/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/04/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	18/04/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	18/04/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	18/04/2007	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	18/04/2007	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	18/04/2007	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	18/04/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/04/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	19/04/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	19/04/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	19/04/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/04/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/04/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/04/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/04/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	19/04/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/04/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/04/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	23/04/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	23/04/2007	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	23/04/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	23/04/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/04/2007	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/04/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	23/04/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	23/04/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	23/04/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	23/04/2007	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	23/04/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	23/04/2007	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	23/04/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	23/04/2007	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	23/04/2007	Warley	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	23/04/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	23/04/2007	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	23/04/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	23/04/2007	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	23/04/2007	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	23/04/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
John Mann	23/04/2007	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	23/04/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	23/04/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/04/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	24/04/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	24/04/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	24/04/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	24/04/2007	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	24/04/2007	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	24/04/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	24/04/2007	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Nia Griffith	24/04/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	24/04/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	24/04/2007			Signed
Alan Meale	24/04/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	24/04/2007	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	24/04/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	24/04/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	24/04/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	24/04/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	24/04/2007	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	24/04/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	24/04/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	24/04/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Janet Dean	25/04/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	25/04/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Gavin Strang	25/04/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	25/04/2007	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	25/04/2007	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Sian James	25/04/2007	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/04/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	25/04/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	25/04/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	25/04/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Andrew Love	25/04/2007	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	25/04/2007	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/04/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/04/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Phil Willis	26/04/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Begg	26/04/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	26/04/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/04/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	26/04/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	30/04/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	30/04/2007	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	30/04/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	30/04/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	01/05/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	01/05/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	01/05/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2007	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	01/05/2007	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	01/05/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	02/05/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/05/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	02/05/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/05/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	08/05/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
George Galloway	08/05/2007	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	08/05/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	09/05/2007	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/05/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	09/05/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	17/05/2007	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	17/05/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	18/05/2007	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	18/05/2007	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	22/05/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ian Lucas	23/05/2007	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Dawn Butler	06/06/2007	Brent South	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	13/06/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/06/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/07/2007	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	12/07/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Angela Eagle	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn

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