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EDM (Early Day Motion) 954: tabled on 13 March 2023

Tabled in the 2022-23 session.

This motion has been signed by 32 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House is concerned that no sanctions have been imposed on P&O Ferries, DP World or flag states for the openly unlawful dismissal of 786 directly employed UK seafarers on 17 March 2022; is alarmed that despite the Government’s announcement of its Nine Point Plan on P&O Ferries on 30 March 2022, P&O Ferries’ agency crews are still being paid as low as £3.96 per hour and work unsafe roster patterns of up to 17 weeks at sea; is also concerned that the Insolvency Service decided, without conducting a public interest test, not to prosecute P&O Ferries for criminal offences; notes that a Seafarers Charter based on collectively bargained terms and conditions still has not been agreed; supports the RMT and Nautilus International’s call for mandatory sectoral bargaining through fair pay agreements in the ferry industry, prohibition of seafarer discrimination, stronger trade union and employment rights, excluding DP World from Freeport tax reliefs and revoking P&O Ferries' Royal Charter; and calls on the Government to work with the maritime unions in adopting these measures as part of a new deal for UK seafarers.

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.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Hosie, Stewart
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2023
Dundee East
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 14 March 2023
Strangford
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2023
Hemsworth
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Birkenhead
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on 15 March 2023
Leicester East
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on 15 March 2023
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Whittome, Nadia
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Nottingham East
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Warrington North
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Jarrow
Amesbury, Mike
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Weaver Vale
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2023
Middlesbrough
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on 17 March 2023
Cynon Valley
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 20 March 2023
Liverpool, West Derby
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 March 2023
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 March 2023
Ceredigion
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 March 2023
Arfon
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on 20 March 2023
Liverpool, Walton
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on 21 March 2023
Brighton, Pavilion
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 20 March 2023
Wansbeck
Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on 20 March 2023
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 20 March 2023
Liverpool, Riverside
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 23 March 2023
Streatham
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 30 March 2023
York Central
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 17 April 2023
Poplar and Limehouse
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on 12 May 2023
Leeds East

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.