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Early Day Motion
New US sanctions on Cuba (27 Signatures)
3 Feb 2026
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House expresses grave concern at the executive order signed on 29 January 2026 by US President Donald Trump, which unjustifiably declares Cuba as an “extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States and authorises new sanctions against any country supplying oil to Cuba; notes that Cuba …
Early Day Motion
Union of Agricultural Work Committees in the Occupied West Bank (30 Signatures)
15 Dec 2025
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House condemns the raid carried out on 1 December 2025 by Israeli forces on the offices of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), a Palestinian non-governmental organisation, in Ramallah and Hebron in the Occupied West Bank; notes that soldiers reportedly physically assaulted, tied up and blindfolded people …
Early Day Motion
Two-child limit (59 Signatures)
11 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House recognises that, since the introduction of the two-child limit in 2017, this policy has had a detrimental impact on child poverty rates across the United Kingdom; believes that abolishing the limit represents the most cost-effective measure to reduce child poverty; notes that Trussell reports that doing so …
Early Day Motion
Freezing of Local Housing Allowance (49 Signatures)
4 Nov 2025
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House notes that when the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was introduced in 2008, it was intended to cover private rents up to the 50th percentile—that is, the lowest 50 per cent of rents in a local area—as a safety net to prevent poverty and homelessness; further notes that, …
Early Day Motion
Oscar Mayer workers in Wrexham (33 Signatures)
1 Sep 2025
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House celebrates the victory of Wrexham’s Oscar Mayer factory workers following a long-running dispute, during which over 500 Unite members undertook more than 200 days of strike action between September 2024 and April 2025 in solidarity to fight for the reinstatement of their 26 dismissed colleagues and for …
Early Day Motion
Keeping transport workers safe (45 Signatures)
12 Mar 2025
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House notes with concern the findings of the TSSA union’s latest report entitled Keep transport workers safe – no to abuse and harassment on the transport network; further notes that the report suggests violence and abuse directed at transport workers is endemic and that these workers regularly face …
Early Day Motion
Oscar Mayer strikes (37 Signatures)
21 Oct 2024
Tabled by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
That this House acknowledges the strike by hundreds of Oscar Mayer workers in Wrexham, protesting the company’s intention to alter contracts by removing fully paid breaks, eliminating enhanced payments, and ending days off in lieu for working bank holidays, changes which could cost workers up to £3,000 annually, whilst under …