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Early Day Motion
Pay for Royal Fleet Auxiliary Seafarers (34 Signatures)
5 Dec 2023
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House pays tribute to the commitment and dedication of the 1,700 civilian seafarers, including trainees, at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA); is concerned that nearly fifteen years of pay restraint is having a negative effect on recruitment, retention, training and industrial relations in the RFA; notes that inflation …
Early Day Motion
Reductions in railway funding (40 Signatures)
4 Dec 2023
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House notes the Government funding settlement for the next five-year Railway Control Period 7 from 2024 to 2029 will result in a £1.2bn cut in Network Rail's budget for vital safety-critical railway infrastructure work compared to the previous five year period; further notes these cuts will fall on …
Early Day Motion
Parent Teacher Association Awards 2023 (14 Signatures)
14 Jun 2023
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House salutes the continued success of the National PTA Awards, launched by Parentkind, the network of Parent Teacher Association fundraisers; acknowledges these Awards are a celebration of the time, hard work and dedication that all PTAs and supporters volunteer to raise vital funds for the school community; recognises …
Early Day Motion
Industrial dispute at Allied Bakeries in Liverpool (23 Signatures)
7 Jun 2023
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House expresses support and solidarity to members of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union taking industrial action over pay at Allied Bakeries' Liverpool site; applauds the contribution made by these key workers throughout the period of the covid-19 pandemic; regrets that these workers have experienced a continued …
Early Day Motion
Food workers, prices and poverty (35 Signatures)
10 May 2023
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House is shocked by the findings of the Foodworkers on the Breadline report published by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union based on a recent survey of members working in food manufacturing and retail; notes that, alarmingly, four in ten respondents reported having to skip meals for …
Early Day Motion
Supermarket profits (32 Signatures)
20 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House notes reports in the Sunday Times suggesting that, at a time of an acute cost-of-living crisis for households and food inflation running at over 14 per cent, UK supermarkets are set to announce higher-than-anticipated profits; further notes reports that Tesco alone will forecast increased operating profits of …
Early Day Motion
Treatment of workers at Orchard House Foods, Gateshead (14 Signatures)
14 Dec 2022
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House is shocked and angered by the treatment of workers made redundant at Orchard House Food’s Gateshead factory; notes that the company - which supplies companies such as Marks and Spencer, Morrisons and Pret a Manger - remains a going concern with some workers offered the chance to …
Early Day Motion
Maximum temperature in the workplace (55 Signatures)
11 Jul 2022
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House notes that recent surveys of workplace health and safety representatives show that high temperatures are one of their top concerns; regrets that workers in the UK have no guaranteed legal safeguards from working in uncomfortable high temperatures, and that the consequences of this range from dizziness, tiredness, …
Early Day Motion
National PTA Awards 2022 (14 Signatures)
30 Jun 2022
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House recognises the continued success of the National PTA Awards, launched by Parentkind, the network of Parent Teacher Association fundraisers; congratulates this year’s Award winners Friends of Stanton School (Primary) and Friends of Prendergast Vale (Secondary) for PTA Fundraising Achievement of the Year, Highfield CofE Primary School Friends …
Early Day Motion
Treatment of workers following closure of Dawnfresh factory, Uddingston (24 Signatures)
8 Mar 2022
Tabled by: Ian Mearns (Labour - Gateshead)
That this House condemns the treatment of 200 loyal staff of Dawnfresh Seafoods Ltd following the closure of the Uddingston site near Glasgow as a result of the company being put into administration; notes that Dawnfresh, one of the UK’s largest fish and seafood processors, was owned by billionaire Alastair …