PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
POSITIVELY PUBLIC CAMPAIGN (13 December 2000)

That this House congratulates the trade union Unison on the launch of its 'Positively Public' campaign to highlight the contribution of public services to the success of this country; shares the belief that public services in the 21st century should be based on the principles of democratic accountability, effective delivery of services and measures to address the underfunding of public services by the previous government; believes that public authorities have an important role in promoting equality of opportunity and equality of access to services; and calls on all public authorities to make a commitment to the use of directly employed staff, the ending of a two-tier workforce and the improvement of public services through partnership with their staff.

Sponsored by:
Helen Jones (Labour)