EMPLOYEE SHARE SCHEMES BILL

Early day motion 677, tabled 16 January 2002 by Doug Naysmith (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 84 members.

That this House believes that employee shareholders have a strong interest in seeing their companies do well, and are often best placed to identify opportunities for growth; welcomes the Second Reading given to the Employee Share Schemes Bill, which will remove some of the major obstacles which restrict the development of company ownership; further welcomes the Government's intention to improve the productivity of UK firms by encouraging employees to become shareholders; and calls on the Government to recognise that the Bill represents a further significant step towards this objective.

Signatures by party: Labour 52, Labour/Co-operative 17, Liberal Democrat 10, Conservative 2, Plaid Cymru 2, UUP 1.