50199
2016-17
944
Equality And Human Rights Commission Sacked Staff
Chris Stephens
2017-02-20
That this House notes with great concern the decision of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to sack 10 staff members on 9 February 2017 via email and with only one day's notice; further notes that seven of those who were sacked are of black and minority ethnic (BME) origin, six are disabled and all are trade union members; is further concerned that staff were denied the opportunity to seek employment within the Civil Service due to the implementation of Payment In Lieu of Notice; believes that this in particular discriminates against BME, disabled and female staff who may struggle to find further employment; notes that staff have taken part in several days of strike action in recent months against compulsory redundancies and budget cuts within the Commission; understands that the EHRC was established to help eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality and protect human rights in the UK; and calls on the Government to intervene and reinstate all sacked staff members and to properly fund and staff the EHRC to ensure that discrimination and inequality within the UK is eradicated.
Employment
Equality
Human rights
Industrial relations
Chris Stephens
2017-02-20
Proposed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Jo Stevens
2017-02-21
Seconded
Cardiff Central
Labour
Natalie McGarry
2017-02-21
Seconded
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Alison Thewliss
2017-02-21
Seconded
Glasgow Central
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2017-02-21
Seconded
Luton North
Labour
John McNally
2017-02-21
Seconded
Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Jim Cunningham
2017-02-21
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Chris Law
2017-02-21
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Martin Docherty
2017-02-21
Signed
West Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Alan Meale
2017-02-21
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Stuart McDonald
2017-02-21
Signed
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Scottish National Party
Jonathan Edwards
2017-02-21
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Paul Monaghan
2017-02-22
Signed
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish National Party
Douglas Chapman
2017-02-22
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party
Mary Glindon
2017-02-22
Signed
North Tyneside
Labour
Ronnie Campbell
2017-02-22
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
Jack Dromey
2017-02-22
Signed
Birmingham, Erdington
Labour
Stewart McDonald
2017-02-22
Signed
Glasgow South
Scottish National Party
Michael Weir
2017-02-22
Signed
Angus
Scottish National Party
Caroline Lucas
2017-02-22
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Paul Flynn
2017-02-23
Signed
Newport West
Labour
Patrick Grady
2017-02-23
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Virendra Sharma
2017-02-23
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Owen Smith
2017-02-23
Signed
Pontypridd
Labour
Tommy Sheppard
2017-02-24
Signed
Edinburgh East
Scottish National Party
Deidre Brock
2017-02-24
Signed
Edinburgh North and Leith
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2017-02-24
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Gavin Newlands
2017-02-24
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Alex Salmond
2017-02-24
Signed
Angus MacNeil
2017-02-24
Signed
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Scottish National Party
Brendan O'Hara
2017-02-24
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Anne McLaughlin
2017-02-27
Signed
Glasgow North East
Scottish National Party
George Kerevan
2017-02-27
Signed
East Lothian
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2017-02-27
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Owen Thompson
2017-02-28
Signed
Midlothian
Scottish National Party
Barry Sheerman
2017-02-28
Signed
Huddersfield
Labour
John Nicolson
2017-03-01
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Scottish National Party
Kate Green
2017-03-01
Signed
Stretford and Urmston
Labour
Stuart Donaldson
2017-03-01
Signed
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish National Party
David Lammy
2017-03-01
Signed
Tottenham
Labour
Fiona Mactaggart
2017-03-01
Signed
Slough
Labour
Martyn Day
2017-03-01
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Liz Saville Roberts
2017-03-01
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Tom Brake
2017-03-02
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Eilidh Whiteford
2017-03-02
Signed
Banff and Buchan
Scottish National Party
Helen Hayes
2017-03-02
Signed
Dulwich and West Norwood
Labour
Chris Matheson
2017-03-02
Signed
City of Chester
Labour
Callum McCaig
2017-03-02
Signed
Aberdeen South
Scottish National Party
Ivan Lewis
2017-03-06
Signed
Bury South
Labour
Alan Brown
2017-03-06
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Mike Gapes
2017-03-07
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Roger Godsiff
2017-03-07
Signed
Birmingham, Hall Green
Labour
Calum Kerr
2017-03-13
Signed
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish National Party
George Howarth
2017-03-13
Signed
Knowsley
Labour
John Pugh
2017-03-13
Signed
Southport
Liberal Democrat
Colleen Fletcher
2017-03-13
Signed
Coventry North East
Labour
Kirsty Blackman
2017-03-16
Signed
Aberdeen North
Scottish National Party
Philippa Whitford
2017-03-20
Signed
Central Ayrshire
Scottish National Party
Rachael Maskell
2017-03-30
Signed
York Central
Labour/Co-operative
Patricia Gibson
2017-04-18
Signed
North Ayrshire and Arran
Scottish National Party
Angela Crawley
2017-04-18
Signed
Lanark and Hamilton East
Scottish National Party
Tasmina Sheikh
2017-04-19
Signed
Ochil and South Perthshire
Scottish National Party