<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>39445</id>
<session>2008-09</session>
<number>2191</number>
<title>Trade Union Recognition At Grants Veterinary Services</title>
<proposer id="10597">Paddy Tipping</proposer>
<date>2009-10-28</date>
<text>That this House supports the actions of the mainly migrant workers employed by Grants Veterinary Services PLC, a private contractor providing veterinary services to the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), who are seeking trade union recognition to give them a voice at work and protect them from exploitation and having their pay, terms and conditions slashed; reminds the Government that this group of workers provides essential services to protect public health and should be treated with dignity and respect in the workplace; and urges the MHS to investigate the employment of migrant workers employed by its contractors and to put in place measures that ensure their pay, terms and conditions of employment are overall no less favourable than those employees directly employed by the MHS.</text>
<topics>
	<topic>Employment</topic>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10597">Paddy Tipping</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Sherwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10410">Judy Mallaber</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Amber Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11427">David Anderson</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2009-10-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10018">Charlotte Atkins</mp>
		<date>2009-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Staffordshire Moorlands</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>2009-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2009-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10274">Stephen Hepburn</mp>
		<date>2009-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Jarrow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11974">Jim McGovern</mp>
		<date>2009-11-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>2009-11-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2009-11-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2009-11-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11923">Tim Farron</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westmorland and Lonsdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10934">David Hamilton</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood and Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10096">Martin Caton</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gower</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10378">Chris McCafferty</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Calder Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10308">Glenda Jackson</mp>
		<date>2009-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hampstead and Highgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2009-11-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10218">George Galloway</mp>
		<date>2009-11-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bethnal Green and Bow</constituency>
		<party>Respect</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10034">Alan Beith</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Berwick-upon-Tweed</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10683">Adrian Bailey</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Bromwich West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10012">Janet Anderson</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rossendale and Darwen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10203">Paul Flynn</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newport West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10120">Ann Clwyd</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cynon Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10444">Elliot Morley</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scunthorpe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2009-11-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13934">Virendra Sharma</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10585">Dari Taylor</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stockton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North and Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10219">Mike Gapes</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes and Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10421">Eric Martlew</mp>
		<date>2009-11-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carlisle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10070">Russell Brown</mp>
		<date>2009-11-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dumfries and Galloway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2009-11-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley and Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10367">Tony Lloyd</mp>
		<date>2009-11-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>