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Early Day Motion
Economic growth and the asylum system (19 Signatures)
17 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House welcomes the publication of the new report entitled Welcoming Growth: The Economic Case for a Fair and Humane Asylum System by the PCS trade union and Together for Refugees, based on research by the London School of Economics; further welcomes the proposals to process all asylum claims …
Early Day Motion
Border Force industrial dispute (16 Signatures)
12 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House commends the work of Border Force officers patrolling UK waters, whose duties include searching for and identifying vessels at sea engaged in smuggling or small-boat crossings; notes with concern that these workers are remunerated in different and inconsistent ways under a variety of frameworks, some dating back …
Early Day Motion
Mandatory food waste reporting in England (29 Signatures)
13 Sep 2023
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House notes that UK food waste causes an estimated 36 million tonnes CO2eq in emissions domestically and overseas, costing businesses and citizens approximately £19 billion; further notes that UK on-farm food waste alone is estimated to use an area of agricultural land half the size of Wales and …
Early Day Motion
Environment Agency workers industrial action (21 Signatures)
18 Jan 2023
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House fully supports the thousands of Environment Agency workers in their pay dispute, notes that they are engaged in the first strike action over pay to take place since the Environment Agency was established; further notes that while Environment Agency staff undertake vital work in responding to environmental …
Early Day Motion
Anniversary of channel crossing deaths (29 Signatures)
22 Nov 2022
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House marks the first anniversary of the tragic death of 32 people in the Channel in the early hours of the morning of 24 November 2021; urges the Government to speed up the enquiry currently being carried out by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch; notes the harrowing new …
Early Day Motion
Safe passage for refugees (42 Signatures)
21 Nov 2022
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House commends the work of PCS and Care4Calais and the launch of their policy document Safe passage for refugees: humane alternative to the Rwanda policy; notes the key demands include the implementation of a safe passage visa scheme, greater investment in the Home Office and the reform of …
Early Day Motion
Arrest of journalists at protests (24 Signatures)
9 Nov 2022
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
This House notes with alarm the arrest and detention of the LBC journalist, Charlotte Lynch, on the suspicion of causing conspiracy to commit public nuisance during her coverage of a Just Stop Oil Protest, despite showing police officers a legitimate press accreditation; notes that she was detained for a total …
Early Day Motion
Use of COP27 to make direct representations to the Egyptian Government for Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s immediate release (28 Signatures)
8 Nov 2022
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
This house condemns Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s ongoing imprisonment in Egypt; expresses serious concern at his treatment by Egyptian authorities and for his health and wellbeing; notes that he has been on hunger strike for over six months and has now begun a water strike; further notes that his imprisonment is …
Early Day Motion
Mental Health Awareness Week: supporting the social care workforce (20 Signatures)
13 May 2021
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House notes the findings published by Hft as part of its annual Sector Pulse Check research that 62 per cent of social care providers have seen an increase in absence relating to mental health among their workforce over the past year; encourages the Government to recognise the efforts …
Early Day Motion
Reduction of the Small Brewers Relief (24 Signatures)
18 Jan 2021
Tabled by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
That this House believes the proposed reduction in Small Brewers Relief for brewers below 5,000 hectolitres and the introduction of a cash basis will be disastrous for Britain’s internationally renowned craft brewery industry; notes that the introduction of Small Brewers Relief in 2002, designed to enable small breweries to compete …