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Ban on prison officer industrial action

EDM (Early Day Motion) 228: tabled on 09 October 2024

Tabled in the 2024-25 session.

This motion has been signed by 30 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes it has been 30 years since prison officers in the UK were banned from taking industrial action under Section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; further notes that prison officers in Scotland have had the right to strike enshrined in law since 2015, yet there have been no strikes since then, only improved industrial relations; believes this draconian restriction, especially in the absence of an effective and impartial means of binding resolution of disputes in the course of collective bargaining, renders the UK in breach of its obligations under international laws that it has ratified and by which it is bound, including the European Social Charter and ILO Convention 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise; further believes this lack of industrial muscle leaves prison officers unfairly and dangerously at the mercy of prison service management and without leverage to challenge Government policy with respect to pay, terms and conditions; expresses solidarity with the POA union, which has campaigned tirelessly over three decades for the return of these basic industrial rights; welcomes the Government’s commitment to repealing anti-trade-union legislation introduced by previous administrations; and calls on the Government to include Section 127 in the legislation to be repealed.

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.

Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2024
Blyth and Ashington
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2024
Liverpool Riverside
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on 9 October 2024
Islington North
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2024
Lancaster and Wyre
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2024
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on 9 October 2024
Warrington North
Byrne, Ian
Independent
Signed on 9 October 2024
Liverpool West Derby
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Independent
Signed on 9 October 2024
Salford
Begum, Apsana
Independent
Signed on 9 October 2024
Poplar and Limehouse
Chowns, Ellie
Green Party
Signed on 10 October 2024
North Herefordshire
Adam, Shockat
Independent
Signed on 10 October 2024
Leicester South
Leishman, Brian
Labour
Signed on 14 October 2024
Alloa and Grangemouth
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 14 October 2024
Normanton and Hemsworth
Antoniazzi, Tonia
Labour
Signed on 14 October 2024
Gower
Duncan-Jordan, Neil
Labour
Signed on 14 October 2024
Poole
Davies, Ann
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 14 October 2024
Caerfyrddin
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 14 October 2024
Ceredigion Preseli
Medi, Llinos
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 14 October 2024
Ynys Môn
Denyer, Carla
Green Party
Signed on 15 October 2024
Bristol Central
Berry, Siân
Green Party
Signed on 17 October 2024
Brighton Pavilion
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 18 October 2024
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 22 October 2024
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on 23 October 2024
Liverpool Walton
Ramsay, Adrian
Green Party
Signed on 30 October 2024
Waveney Valley

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.