Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Joan Walley (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 July 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 71 members in total.

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DEREGULATION OF PORTS

That this House congratulates the Cardiff Business School, University of Wales, on the publication on 5th July 1993, of its report The Price of Deregulating Britain's Ports: The Socio-Economic Costs of the Dock Labour Scheme; notes that the total cost to the taxpayer of the abolition of the scheme and finance of the compensation scheme is estimated to be ??244 million, and that working dockers now face greater risk of injury and accidents as a result of inadequate health and safety provisions; and condemns the Government's short sighted transport policies of deregulation and privatisation which have so adversely affected employment and health and safety in Britain's ports.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2355 

Session

1992-93

Other sponsors

Angela Eagle

Eddie Loyden

Alan Meale

Lord McAvoy

Allan Rogers

Subjects

Costs Health and safety Dock labour scheme Privatisation Ports

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk