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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Employment at Birkbeck College (8 November 2022)

Motion Details

That this House is deeply concerned at the news from Birkbeck College that up 140 members of staff could face compulsory redundancy as part of a restructuring plan; recognises that Birkbeck College is a unique institution which, for 200 years, has provided access to education for adults from diverse social and education backgrounds, and helped transformed higher learning in Britain whilst delivering cutting-edge research; appreciates that Higher Education is facing difficulties everywhere, but time and again Birkbeck has shown itself able to adapt and change; and therefore calls on the college to rule out compulsory redundancies and instead invest in Birkbeck as an institution dedicated to working people.

Sponsored by:
John McDonnell (Independent)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
11
48%
 
 
Independent
6
26%
 
 
Green Party
1
4%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
4%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
4%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
4%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
4%
 
 
Alliance
1
4%
 
Sponsor List (23 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Ind
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
APNI
Stephen Farry
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Lab
Dr Rupa Huq
Ealing Central and Acton
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Lab
Andy McDonald
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Ind
John McDonnell (Sponsor)
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Nadia Whittome
Nottingham East
Lab
Beth Winter
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford

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