Retained Firefighters And Working Time Directive Opt-Out

EDM number 552 in 2008-09, proposed by John Thurso on 22/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Fire services.

That this House notes with regret the vote by the European Parliament on 17 December 2008 which voted in favour of removing Britain's Working Time Directive opt-out; further notes with serious concern the removal of this opt-out will have on retained firefighters across Scotland, and the consequences the removal of the opt-out may have on public health and safety; further notes that of 391 fire stations across Scotland 321 are staffed by 3,429 retained firefighters; further notes the valuable service these volunteer firefighters provide to their communities; further notes that the Retained Firefighters Union (RFU) opposes the removal of the opt-out and that if the opt-out is removed and retained duty system fire stations are proven unviable under the Working Time Directive, 91 per cent. of the UK land mass will lose valuable emergency fire cover; and further notes the serious and potentially fatal consequences the removal will have on communities across Scotland.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Thurso	22/01/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Alistair Carmichael	22/01/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Malcolm Bruce	22/01/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Danny Alexander	22/01/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Reid	22/01/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Charles Kennedy	22/01/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Smith	22/01/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	26/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	26/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Philip Davies	27/01/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	27/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	28/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	03/02/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	04/02/2009	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	04/02/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	04/02/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	04/02/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Eddie McGrady	05/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Dowd	05/02/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	05/02/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jennifer Willott	09/02/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	09/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	09/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne McGuire	10/02/2009	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	10/02/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/02/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	10/02/2009	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	11/02/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Roy	12/02/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	12/02/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/02/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	23/02/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	23/02/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Fraser	24/02/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/02/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	03/03/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Roger Williams	03/03/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/03/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	11/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	11/03/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	11/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	11/03/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Sammy Wilson	11/03/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Peter Luff	23/04/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
David Heath	20/10/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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