Adjournment debate on Monday, 23 March 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Michael Clapham. The answering member was Pat McFadden.

Blacklisting (Construction Industry)

Adjournment debate on blacklisting practices in the construction industry.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 490 c142-8
Session: 2008-09
Department: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Pat McFadden | 490 c148 (Link to this contribution) I will come to how we are dealing with the problem. Procurement has been mentioned. Any company, wh...; John McDonnell | 490 c147-8 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, it is 10 years since we put the legislation through and we now have evidence of blacklistin...; Speaker | 490 c148 (Link to this contribution) Order. The traditions of the House are such that if the word "you" is used, it means me, the occupan...; Ken Purchase | 490 c148 (Link to this contribution) It is not the weakness of your voice that concerns me, but the weakness of the response that our Gov...; Pat McFadden | 490 c146-7 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) on securing ...; Jim Devine | 490 c147 (Link to this contribution) Why do we not just tell the companies on the list that they will not get Government contracts?; Pat McFadden | 490 c147 (Link to this contribution) I have already received a letter from one of the companies that have been mentioned, dissociating it...; Jim Sheridan | 490 c147 (Link to this contribution) What penalties are in place to punish those companies?; Pat McFadden | 490 c147 (Link to this contribution) The compilers of the list can be prosecuted under the Data Protection Act and one such prosecution i...; David Crausby | 490 c145 (Link to this contribution) Is it not clear to my hon. Friend and all those who have worked in the industry that blacklisting we...; Michael Clapham | 490 c145 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more with my hon. Friend's point. I welcome the Department's statement of intenti...; David Anderson | 490 c145 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that those two bodies epitomise what is wrong with this country? There is ...; Michael Clapham | 490 c145 (Link to this contribution) I hear what my hon. Friend says, and his point is well made. The Minister will have heard it, and no...; Michael Clapham | 490 c145 (Link to this contribution) I agree that anybody who has worked around the construction industry, and talked to people such as t...; Jim Devine | 490 c143 (Link to this contribution) Although we are totally opposed to blacklisting, I wonder whether we should blacklist these companie...; Michael Clapham | 490 c144 (Link to this contribution) I agree totally with my hon. Friend's comments. The fact that many of the companies making use of t...; Ian Davidson | 490 c144-5 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, the Government have to take action on this matter, but in the absence of immediate action...; Michael Clapham | 490 c144 (Link to this contribution) I understand that sentiment, and we need to ensure that companies engaged in publicly procured proje...; John McDonnell | 490 c144 (Link to this contribution) When the 1999 legislation was introduced and debated in this House, we were ecstatic that the provis...; Michael Clapham | 490 c142-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that comment, which I agree with. The Construction (Design and Management...; Jim Sheridan | 490 c142 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that health and safety should be part of the criteria when construction co...; Michael Clapham | 490 c142 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have secured this Adjournment debate on blacklisting, because the practice impacts o...; Ken Purchase | 490 c148 (Link to this contribution) I unreservedly apologise, Mr. Speaker. Would my right hon. Friend unreservedly condemn the activitie...; Pat McFadden | 490 c148 (Link to this contribution) I have said that blacklisting is anathema and it should have been left in the past. My officials ha...
Subjects: Data protection Construction Employment Health and safety Industry Staff Vetting Trade unions
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Blacklisting (Construction Industry)

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