Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John McDonnell (Labour), on Tuesday, 2 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 24 members in total.

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SCIENTIST JOB REDUCTIONS AT KEW GARDENS

That this House is appalled by the recent announcement of a further 51 scientist job cuts at Royal Botanical Kew Gardens on 28 November 2014; notes that these job cuts will result in the loss of over 1,000 years of scientific expertise; deeply regrets that staff were told via email that they were no longer required and that, if these scientists are not found other positions, Kew will lose up to 40 per cent of its scientific staff; supports the PCS and Prospect trade unions in their demand that vacancies within the new structure should be filled by existing staff rather than by recruiting external, less experienced candidates and losing hundreds of years' worth of invaluable experience; further notes the hugely detrimental impact such redundancies will have on the vitally important work carried out at Kew on a daily basis; and calls on the Government to urgently halt these further redundancies in order to allow the new structure put in place at Kew to take effect and to fully engage with staff and unions in order to save as many key scientific posts as possible.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

591 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Alan Meale

Kelvin Hopkins

Ronnie Campbell

Jeremy Corbyn

Lady Hermon

Subjects

Employment Industrial relations Environment protection Non-departmental public bodies Science

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk