Motion text
That this House notes that as at 21 June 2020, 1.1 Million employers and 9.2 Million Jobs were being supported through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme at a cost of £22.9 Billion; notes with grave concern the effect on whole swathes of the economy of the scheduled cessation of the scheme on 31st October; notes the immoral situation of employers using the Job Retention Scheme to consult on making jobs redundant, in many cases permanently and in others to rehire staff on inferior wages, terms and conditions; further notes that the Government does not measure how many firms are engaged in such behaviour; urges the Government to remove an arbitrary cut-off date for the Job Retention Scheme and to provide significant support to critically affected sectors to avoid widespread job losses, to immediately assess the effect of firms misusing the scheme to cover costs during redundancy consultation periods, to commit to providing regular updates on those matters, to bring forward legislative proposals to close loopholes which enable unscrupulous employers to benefit from the Job Retention Scheme whilst reducing jobs and attacking employees’ wages, terms and conditions.
Signatures (24)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
27 June 2020
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
30 June 2020
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
30 June 2020
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
30 June 2020
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
30 June 2020
Corbyn, Jeremy
Labour
Signed on
30 June 2020
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Gwynne, Andrew
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Butler, Dawn
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on
1 July 2020
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
6 July 2020
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on
8 July 2020
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
13 July 2020
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 July 2020
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
16 July 2020
Webbe, Claudia
Labour
Signed on
20 July 2020
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
22 July 2020
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on
1 September 2020
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
15 September 2020
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
21 September 2020
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.