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Industrial Action (Grangemouth)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

474 c1479-88 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Mike Weir | 474 c1486-7 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, and hope that the Secretary of State's contact with the Scottish Government...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1486 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. As I have tried to make clear, it is in no one's interest for any fundament...

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Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1488 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give the right hon. Gentleman that assurance. I have spoken to Tony Woodley, the general ...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1488-9;474 c1488 (Link to this contribution) I have a number of emergency powers under the Energy Act 1976 and the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. ...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1487 (Link to this contribution) It would not be appropriate for anyone to grandstand in relation to this dispute, and I hope that th...

Russell Brown | 474 c1487 (Link to this contribution) I share my right hon. Friend's sentiments, and hope that the company and my colleagues in Unite reac...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1487-8 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree, and I have made clear that there is absolutely no excuse or justification for that...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1484 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving me the opportunity to give that assurance; it was rem...

Alistair Carmichael | 474 c1484 (Link to this contribution) I also welcome the Secretary of State's statement and very much hope that he is right in his assessm...

Frank Doran | 474 c1486 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement and I endorse the view that the matter needs to be resolv...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1485-6 (Link to this contribution) Let me deal with the last of the right hon. Gentleman's points first. It is the role of the UK compe...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1485 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend about the importance of pensions to working people. Of course we recogni...

Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 474 c1484-5 (Link to this contribution) I fully support the Secretary of State's comment about the need for a speedy negotiated settlement s...

Charles Kennedy | 474 c1485 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that the seriousness of the situation is underlined by the fact th...

Michael Connarty | 474 c1483 (Link to this contribution) May I first, through you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, reprimand the hon. Member for Brent, East (Sarah Teath...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1482-3 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal with some of the points that the hon. Lady has raised. We made our position clear on Tu...

Baroness Teather | 474 c1482 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House to make this statement. I know that my hon. F...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1481 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the manner of his response and for his comments. I agree tha...

David Mundell | 474 c1480-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) apologises to the House for his inabi...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1479-80 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the implications of the industria...

Robert Smith | 474 c1488 (Link to this contribution) May I reinforce the needs of rural communities? I am glad that the Secretary of State is keen to pro...

Lord Hutton of Furness | 474 c1483-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not dispute for a second the importance of pension rights for the work force at Grangemouth, bu...

Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 474 c1488 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's assurances about supplies, which I hope will be noted. As for wha...

Subjects

Industrial disputes Fuels Imports Oil Production Pipelines Scotland Safety North Sea oil and gas Refineries Petrochemicals INEOS Grangemouth

Link

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