5th March 2015

Joe Benton signed this EDM on Monday 16th March 2015

PARTIAL UPRATING FOR FROZEN PENSIONS

Tabled by: Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat - North Devon)
That this House notes with concern the situation faced by 550,000 British pensioners living overseas, primarily in Commonwealth countries, who are currently deprived of annual state pension uprating adjustments by the Government's frozen pension policy; believes that there is a positive incremental solution of partial uprating, involving introducing annual uprating …

52 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 11
Conservative: 8
Independent: 3
Green Party: 1
The Independent Group for Change: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1
Scottish National Party: 1

5th March 2015

Joe Benton signed this EDM on Thursday 5th March 2015

EXHIBITION ON THE PILLAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MORPHOU, CYPRUS

Tabled by: Alan Meale (Labour - Mansfield)
That this House warmly congratulates the Mayor of Morphou and the members of the Morphou municipality on holding their photography exhibition, Morphou: The Pillage and Destruction of Age-Long Heritage, in the UK to remind the British public, the EU and the major countries of the world of the ongoing injustice …

24 signatures
(Most recent: 17 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 9
Conservative: 2
Independent: 2

3rd March 2015

Joe Benton signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 3rd March 2015

HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MEXICO

Tabled by: Jim Sheridan (Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
That this House notes, on the occasion of the State Visit to the UK of the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, that continued violations of internationally accepted labour rights take place on a daily basis in Mexico, many of which have been carried out in an attempt to crush …

35 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 13
Independent: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 1

9th February 2015

Joe Benton signed this EDM on Wednesday 25th February 2015

BARNET UNISON CARE WORKERS PAY DISPUTE

Tabled by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
That this House notes with grave concern the continuation of the long-running industrial dispute between Barnet Council and Your Choice Barnet (YCB), a local authority trading company 100 per cent owned by the London Borough of Barnet, which provides services for adults with disabilities; further notes that this dispute relates …

34 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Independent: 1

12th February 2015

Joe Benton signed this EDM on Monday 23rd February 2015

PASSENGER SERVICES, SAFETY AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ON THE FIRST GREAT WESTERN LINE

Tabled by: Geraint Davies (Independent - Swansea West)
That this House notes that despite record planned Government investment in rail, the South and West franchise holder, First Great Western (FGW), appears to be taking a backward approach to passenger services, safety and employee relations as new rolling stock will not include buffet cars, future staffing levels on trains …

41 signatures
(Most recent: 25 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 15
Independent: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Plaid Cymru: 1

11th February 2015

Joe Benton signed this EDM on Monday 23rd February 2015

DISPUTE INVOLVING CONTRACT CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE (LONDON) LTD

Tabled by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
That this House condemns in the strongest possible terms the employment practices of the cleaning contractor employed by Sotheby's London branch, Contract Cleaning and Maintenance (London) Ltd (CCML), towards the cleaners and porters who are members of the trade union United Voices of the World (UVW) who have issued a …

24 signatures
(Most recent: 18 Mar 2015)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 10
Independent: 2