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Early Day Motion
Local authority funding (No. 2) (17 Signatures)
20 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House welcomes the Second Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on The Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Finance, published on 23 July 2025, HC 514; notes the strong evidence that local authority funding requires urgent reform, with increases to overall funding and changes to …
Early Day Motion
50th anniversary of Franco’s death (12 Signatures)
17 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House notes that 20 November marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco; congratulates the Spanish people, along with their constituent nations in the Basque Country, Catalonia and elsewhere, on the restoration of democratic rule and their ongoing efforts to eradicate the toxic legacy …
Early Day Motion
National Coal Mining Museum strike (17 Signatures)
15 Sep 2025
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House expresses its solidarity with the staff of the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield who are in a dispute over pay; applauds the workforce for insisting on a settlement which secures gender equality; acknowledges the important role the museum plays in honouring the memory and legacy of …
Early Day Motion
Restructure of local government debt (19 Signatures)
12 May 2025
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House expresses deeps concern that local government net debt across UK has doubled since 2010 and is spiralling out of control; notes a funding gap of £6.4 billion forming in the day-to-day council budgets in 2024-25 in comparison to 2019-20 budgets; acknowledges that councils will be confronted with …
Early Day Motion
UK-USA trade deals and the NHS (21 Signatures)
3 Mar 2025
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House notes the ongoing bilateral trade negotiations between the United Kingdom and the United States of America; declares that the NHS is not for sale; believes that the NHS is a vital British institution that must remain publicly owned, universal, free at the point of use and based …
Early Day Motion
Cuckooing awareness (14 Signatures)
12 Dec 2024
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House expresses its concern about the practice of cuckooing, which is when people take over a person’s home and use the property to commit crimes; notes that cuckooing commonly facilitates crimes involving drugs, weapons and sexual exploitation; recognises that cuckooing is often a hidden crime that targets the …
Early Day Motion
Closure of Rathbones Bakery, Wakefield (22 Signatures)
25 Nov 2024
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House is disturbed by news that Rathbones bakery site in Wakefield looks set to close following a decision by the owners, supermarket chain Morrisons, to cease production; deeply regrets the consequence of this decision on the jobs of 400 loyal staff from across the Wakefield District, with further …
Early Day Motion
Anniversary of the Featherstone Massacre (7 Signatures)
5 Sep 2024
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House remembers the massacre that took place in Featherstone in West Yorkshire on 7 September 1893 at the hands of the British army; commemorates the six people injured and two killed, named James Gibb, 22, and James Duggan, 25, after the army fired shots into a crowd of …
Early Day Motion
Bullying in parish and town councils (14 Signatures)
2 Sep 2024
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House believes that local parish and town councils play a vital role in our democracy and are central to community life in many parts of our country; expresses its concern that in some councils there are significant issues of bullying, with poor behaviour from councillors towards their fellow …
Early Day Motion
NHS staff car parking charges (21 Signatures)
26 Jul 2024
Tabled by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
That this House supports free car parking for all NHS staff; notes that driving to work is the only viable option for some NHS staff; further notes that some NHS Trusts have introduced complicated invoicing systems through which staff are billed for parking, which has contributed to low morale in …