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HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In yesterday’s debate on P&O Ferries, the Secretary of State for Transport confirmed that both he and the Business Secretary had written…22 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Successive Tory Governments have created the conditions that allow unscrupulous employers, such as P&O, to exploit that context. It is clear…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. At every available opportunity, Conservative Members have voted against potential legislation to outlaw fire and rehire. People throughout the…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsAbsolutely—and the sad fact is that these people had a collective bargaining agreement and recognition of their union, but DP World chose to trample over that in full violation of…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI beg to move, That this House condemns the decision of P&O Ferries to fire 800 staff without notice and demands their immediate reinstatement; notes that DP World, the owner of…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; that is exactly why the motion calls not only for the reinstatement of workers, but for Ministers to take action to outlaw this practice for…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI very much agree.21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI thank my hon. Friend; I know that her colleagues in Hull who are in the Chamber today have campaigned long and hard for the maritime industry in this country. She is absolutely…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsAs my hon. Friend points out, it is a shame that for all the anger and the outrage expressed over the past few days, so few Conservative Members have turned up to participate in…21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsAs I was saying, I completely agree that DP World needs to be fully responsible for the actions of P&O Ferries. The Government exercise considerable leverage over both companies.21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI absolutely agree. DP World, the parent company, must be held accountable for the actions of P&O—21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsI absolutely agree. The Government have significant leverage, both over P&O and over DP World, and they must use it. I will come on to the detail of that point shortly.21 Mar 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries and Employment RightsThe text of the memo will be placed in the House of Commons Library. It is reported that this was received on Wednesday night and the memo was sent overnight into Thursday…21 Mar 2022HANSARDRising Fuel Costs: Impact on MotoristsThe price of diesel is now so high that a typical van driver will be paying £800 more than they were a year ago. Meanwhile, wholesale oil prices have fallen by 28% in just one…17 Mar 2022HANSARDRising Fuel Costs: Impact on MotoristsThe Transport Secretary thinks he is on to a very clever point given that Labour votes against Tory Budgets, but I remind him that the last time the Tories tried to put up fuel…17 Mar 2022HANSARD P&O FerriesThe action taken by P&O Ferries today is a national scandal—a betrayal of the workers who have kept this country stocked throughout the pandemic. I have heard directly from the…17 Mar 2022HANSARDInternational TravelI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. The aviation industry is a critical part of the UK economy, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs, and we all…15 Mar 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The bus covid recovery funding will expire at the end of the financial year, and we have had no notification as to whether the Government…22 Feb 2022HANSARDDocklands Light RailwayI welcome the new Rail Minister, the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton), to her post. Last year the Prime Minister promised “great bus services…to everyone,…03 Feb 2022HANSARDDocklands Light RailwayI can assure the House that I am not the one misleading anybody. We have it in black and white, in a leaked letter from his own official, who wrote to local transport authorities…03 Feb 2022