Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Monica Lennon*, Foysol Choudhury*, Pam Duncan-Glancy*, Stuart McMillan*, Alexander Stewart*, Martin Whitfield*, Jeremy Balfour*, Sue Webber*, David Torrance*, Bill Kidd*, Colin Beattie*, Kenneth Gibson*, Kevin Stewart* Katy Clark: Supporting Workers at the MoD DES Site, Beith—That the *S6M-10699 Parliament notes with concern reports that non-craft workers at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Equipment and Support (DES) site in Beith have been denied bonus payments, which, it understands, were awarded to other staff working on the site; believes that the MoD’s decision to treat non-craft workers differently to other staff runs the risk of creating a "two-tier" workforce at the site; understands that the GMB Scotland trade union estimates that the pay gap between non- craft and craft workers at the site has tripled to £18,000; recognises what it sees as the important role that non-craft workers play in transporting sensitive materials around the site and preparing these materials for shipment; believes that the GMB and workers acted in good faith by suspending their initial four-day strike to engage in ACAS-mediated talks, but that the MoD displayed bad faith by failing to come forward with a substantive offer; notes the view that the MoD’s failure to resolve the dispute is counterproductive, given the role that the Beith site is currently playing in providing munitions to Ukraine in its ongoing war effort; considers that all workers at the MoD DES site in Beith play a vital role that, it believes, deserves proper and fair Wednesday 4 October 2023 27 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan pay, and notes calls for the Scottish Government to engage with the UK Government in support of the workers and to urge the MoD to resolve the dispute.