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2015-16
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Maximum Temperature In The Workplace
Jeremy Corbyn
2015-07-01
That this House commends the Women's Tennis Association for introducing regular heat breaks for competitors at Wimbledon once the temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius; is surprised that similar provisions are not also in place for male competitors; regrets that workers in the UK have no guaranteed legal safeguards from working in uncomfortably high temperatures, owing to the lack of a statutory maximum temperature at which employers would have to introduce control measures, such as breaks, access to water or air conditioning; appreciates that excessive heat in the workplace is responsible for heat stress and thermal discomfort, and can impact seriously on health, well-being and productivity; recognises that this is not just the case for highly paid tennis stars, but is a matter of concern for workers in a wide range of workplaces including offices, schools, shops, bakeries, vehicles, trains, call-centres, theatres and construction sites; and calls on the Government to adopt the recommendations of the TUC and joint union Cool It! campaign to introduce into law a maximum working temperature of 30 degrees Celsius (or 27 degrees Celsius for those doing strenuous work), beyond which employers would have a statutory duty to introduce effective control measures.
Industrial health and safety
Jeremy Corbyn
2015-07-01
Proposed
Islington North
Labour
Ian Lavery
2015-07-01
Seconded
Wansbeck
Labour
John McDonnell
2015-07-01
Seconded
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Justin Madders
2015-07-02
Seconded
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Labour
Martyn Day
2015-07-02
Seconded
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2015-07-02
Seconded
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Rachael Maskell
2015-07-02
Signed
York Central
Labour/Co-operative
Angus MacNeil
2015-07-02
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Peter Bottomley
2015-07-02
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Alan Meale
2015-07-02
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Jim Shannon
2015-07-02
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Dennis Skinner
2015-07-02
Signed
Bolsover
Labour
George Kerevan
2015-07-02
Signed
East Lothian
Scottish National Party
Kirsty Blackman
2015-07-02
Signed
Aberdeen North
Scottish National Party
Liz McInnes
2015-07-02
Signed
Heywood and Middleton
Labour
Stuart Donaldson
2015-07-06
Signed
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2015-07-06
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Lady Hermon
2015-07-06
Signed
North Down
Independent
Virendra Sharma
2015-07-06
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2015-07-06
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Daniel Zeichner
2015-07-06
Signed
Cambridge
Labour
Liz Saville Roberts
2015-07-06
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Robert Flello
2015-07-06
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent South
Labour
Ian Mearns
2015-07-06
Signed
Gateshead
Labour
Alison Thewliss
2015-07-06
Signed
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Owen Thompson
2015-07-06
Signed
Midlothian
Scottish National Party
David Simpson
2015-07-07
Signed
Upper Bann
DUP
Kirsten Oswald
2015-07-07
Signed
East Renfrewshire
Scottish National Party
Gordon Marsden
2015-07-07
Signed
Blackpool South
Labour
Ronnie Cowan
2015-07-07
Signed
Inverclyde
Scottish National Party
Clive Lewis
2015-07-07
Signed
Norwich South
Labour
Martin Docherty
2015-07-07
Signed
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Tasmina Sheikh
2015-07-13
Signed
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Corri Wilson
2015-07-15
Signed
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Scottish National Party
Neil Gray
2015-07-16
Signed
Airdrie and Shotts
Scottish National Party
Alan Brown
2015-07-21
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Angela Crawley
2016-05-11
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party