Motion text
That this House notes that shift work is widespread in many industries, especially hospitality, and can often entail late-night working; further notes that many workers, especially women, are increasingly worried about their safety travelling to and from work at night; believes that, while employers may feel their duty of care to staff ends when an employee finishes a shift, they also need to take into consideration journeys home, especially during unsocial hours; is appalled at the weakness of enforcement of the law against sexual assault, including up-skirting, on public transport; insists that more trained staff and stronger enforcement of the law against sexual assault and harassment on public transport is urgently needed; supports calls for the municipal ownership of buses in order to lower prices and improve service provision, especially for night-time and off-peak services; welcomes Unite the union’s Get Me Home Safely campaign, which calls on employers to take all reasonable steps to ensure workers are able to get home safely from work at night; calls on local governments and licensing boards to change regulations to make free transport home for staff a prerequisite for new liquor licences; and calls on the Government to bring forward national minimum standards for taxis and private hire as per the recommendations of the Task and Finish group, to ratify ILO Convention 190 to end violence and harassment in the workplace and to extend employers’ duty of care to include safe transport home policies for all workers.
Signatures (43)
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.
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
De Cordova, Marsha
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Osamor, Kate
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Hardy, Emma
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on
27 January 2022
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Gardiner, Barry
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
27 January 2022
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on
28 January 2022
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on
28 January 2022
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on
31 January 2022
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
31 January 2022
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
8 February 2022
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on
24 February 2022
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
3 March 2022
Lewell-Buck, Mrs Emma
Labour
Signed on
4 March 2022
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Dowd, Peter
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Eagle, Dame Angela
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on
21 March 2022
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
19 April 2022
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.