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WTO MILLENNIUM ROUND

Early day motion 861, tabled 21 July 1999 by Piara S Khabra (Labour). Signed by 101 members.

That this House welcomes the decision in June by the EU Heads of State to include workers' rights in the EU's negotiating mandate for the forthcoming WTO Millennium Round; regrets the subsequent decisions by the EU trade ministers to take workers' rights out of the EU's negotiating mandate; believes that the liberalisation of world trade without adequate safeguards for workers' rights will mean that the benefits of globalisation are not felt by everyone; views the legal enforcement of ILO core labour standards as an essential element of the reform of international institutions, which will be of enormous benefit to developing nations; and urges the Government to ensure that core labour standards are reinstated to the EU mandate for the WTO negotiations.

Signatures by party: Labour 72, Liberal Democrat 17, Labour/Co-operative 6, Plaid Cymru 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.