PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Support for education support staff during covid-19 outbreak (6 January 2021)

Motion Details

That this House recognises that the invisible workforce of over half a million school support staff, including teaching and classroom assistants, SEND support workers, caterers, cleaners and caretakers have been crucial to keeping schools running throughout the pandemic; notes that they have provided invaluable pastoral and educational support to the most vulnerable children in the face of unprecedented challenges and at great risk to their own safety; Unison, who represent over 350,000 educational support staff, note that these staff are more likely to be Black women, agency workers and on low pay; and calls for the provision of adequate PPE, priority access to vaccination and financial support from the government to ensure that no worker – including agency workers – has to self-isolate or take time off sick on less than their full salary, effectively putting public health at risk by forcing workers to choose between their own health and putting food on the table.

Sponsored by:
Kim Johnson (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
21
70%
 
 
Independent
5
17%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
10%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (30 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Tahir Ali
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
Lab
Olivia Blake
Sheffield Hallam
Lab
Dawn Butler
Brent East
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
Lab
Andrew Gwynne
Gorton and Denton
Lab
Mike Hill
Lab
Rachel Hopkins
Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Lab
Kim Johnson (Sponsor)
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
South Shields
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
Ind
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Navendu Mishra
Stockport
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Mick Whitley
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford

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