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Urgent question on Tuesday, 16 March 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Theresa Villiers. The answering member was Lord Khan of Tooting.

British Airways Strike

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
507 c727 
Session
2009-10
Department
Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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British Airways Strike
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Proceeding contributions
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British Airways Strike
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
British Airways Strike
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
British Airways Strike
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Proceeding contributions
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c727 (Link to this contribution) Passengers will be seriously inconvenienced if a strike goes ahead. The Prime Minister and my right ...
Theresa Villiers | 507 c727 (Link to this contribution) To ask the Minister of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the current situation rela...
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Robert Smith | 507 c733 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, the holidaying public and business need to see this strike called off and an end to the dis...
David Cairns | 507 c730 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that of the approximately 40 per cent. of BA flights that will not go ...
Tony Lloyd | 507 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend confirm that it is not in the interests of British Airways or the travelli...
Speaker | 507 c733 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry- [ Interruption. ] Order. Leave me to deal with this. I have to say to the hon. Ge...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 507 c730 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said yesterday on "Woman's Hour" that the strike was "worthy of effort to try an...
Jim Sheridan | 507 c731 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend rise above the smokescreen of party funding and use all his energies, and ...
Theresa Villiers | 507 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) Since before Christmas the Conservatives have been urging Unite to cancel the strike, which will inf...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c731-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a really important point. What is required is not for British Airways, the hug...
Mark Pritchard | 507 c733 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister believe that the union leaders behind the BA strike should set an example and forg...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c732-3 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, any industrial dispute causes a huge inconvenience, but when families have planned holidays...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c730-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a private dispute; BA is not a nationalised company. BA has said on its website, and made it c...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 507 c729 (Link to this contribution) Is there not a very simple way in which the Government can demonstrate that they are sincere when th...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c728 (Link to this contribution) As ever, I thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. Ministers have been in close contact with all...
Speaker | 507 c732 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman has placed his point firmly on the record, but the Minister requires only ...
Lord Robathan | 507 c731 (Link to this contribution) The Minister spoke of clarity and transparency, so he will not mind being reminded that Messrs. Whel...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c729 (Link to this contribution) There is one party that has been clear and transparent in how it receives donations -[Interruption.]...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c732 (Link to this contribution) The history is that a Conservative Government passed legislation on how political parties should be ...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c731 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. What is required at this time are cool, calm heads, and for Brit...
Andrew MacKay | 507 c729 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister now answer the question about why the Prime Minister took four days to condemn the...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c731 (Link to this contribution) Let us be clear. The Labour party has been fully transparent about how it is funded by 6 million har...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c730 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. He is absolutely right. Cool, calm heads are required now, ...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c729 (Link to this contribution) It is noteworthy that while a Member of Parliament is trying to urge both sides to get together and ...
Richard Caborn | 507 c729 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the trade unions have stuck within the law during the whole of ...
Tony Baldry | 507 c732-3 (Link to this contribution) Over the years, trade unionists have understandably campaigned for bank holidays and public holidays...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) You always, Mr. Speaker, impress on people who speak in the Chamber the need to think about how the ...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c729 (Link to this contribution) If evidence were required of some people's desperation to try to politicise a dispute, it has been p...
Russell Brown | 507 c729-30 (Link to this contribution) May I declare, as a member of T and G and Unite for some 36 years, that I genuinely feel that stuck ...
Norman Baker | 507 c728 (Link to this contribution) I am disappointed that British Airways and the Unite union are behaving like two badly behaved child...
Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 507 c730-1 (Link to this contribution) Following that question, with Aberdeen airport in my constituency and as a regular user of BA, I wel...
Justine Greening | 507 c732 (Link to this contribution) The reality, though, is that this is a political dispute, because Unite gives Labour money, and it i...
Dennis Skinner | 507 c732 (Link to this contribution) In any industrial dispute, it takes two sides to cause a row. Will my right hon. Friend draw the dis...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c729-30 (Link to this contribution) It is worth comparing and contrasting the questions by the Liberal Democrat spokesman, who was conce...
Lord Khan of Tooting | 507 c730 (Link to this contribution) I have already answered that question. One of the problems when someone is given a question to ask b...
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Finance Industrial disputes Strikes British Airways Labour Unite
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