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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she last met representatives of First Group; and what the subject was of their discussions.

Asked by
Fiona Mactaggart (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
159760; 465 c229W
House
House of Commons

That this House notes the plans by First Group to reduce bus services in north Bristol; recognises that these services are used by a significant number of elderly and vulnerable people as their main means of transport; further notes that First Group holds monopoly on bus services in Bristol; and...

Primary sponsor
Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
10 October 2007
Reference
2081
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) has been in the House for a great many years and has a great deal of experience. Any Minister responding to a case made by her would do so with some care and caution. I know that she cares...

Member
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c226-7WH
House
House of Commons

Mr. Hood, it is always a delight to see you in the Chair and to have the opportunity to raise a subject of great importance. I stand here as a trade union MP, in the sense that I have the support of ASLEF, the train drivers’ union. However, the matter...

Member
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c223-6WH
House
House of Commons

It would not be wise for me to become a mediator between First Group and Teamsters. The issue should be resolved between the unions and the company within the legal framework in which they operate. Employment practices are a function of each country’s traditions, history and institutional arrangements. My hon....

Member
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c228WH
House
House of Commons

It is in the interests of the United Kingdom, is it not, that companies based in the UK but operating elsewhere should be successful, responsible and highly respected? Have the Government no view on the responsibility that companies have to comply with basic laws?

Member
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c228-9WH
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend rightly says that it is important that British companies operating abroad have regard to some of the things that she mentions. We would expect those companies to comply with the legal systems in which they operate. Some countries have ensured that basic standards are built into their...

Member
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c229WH
House
House of Commons

Is my hon. Friend interpreting the right to freedom of association? I have never said that there is a right of a particular trade union to be recognised or that the UK should insist on it. That would be absurd and unacceptable. However, there is clear commitment to freedom of...

Member
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c227WH
House
House of Commons

May I just point out that people must have the right to be in a trade union before they can be barred from one, so the point that the Minister made is not relevant?

Member
Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c227WH
House
House of Commons

I accept my hon. Friend’s point. The one that I was making is that when it comes to collective bargaining, recognition is subject to national legal systems and to negotiations between specific companies and their employees. The ILO conventions can raise issues about conflicting human rights and my hon. Friend...

Member
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c227WH
House
House of Commons

On terms and conditions for workers internationally, First Group could be used as template for the way that it treats migrant workers coming into this country because it gives them the same terms and conditions. The Minister is right not to be judge and jury, but given the serious accusations...

Member
Jim Sheridan (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c228WH
House
House of Commons

My hon. Friend referred in much of her speech to the activities of UK-owned companies operating abroad, particularly those of First Group. She compared its employment practices in the UK and in the US. She also referred to the campaign waged by the Teamsters union to obtain recognition at the...

Member
Pat McFadden (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c227-8WH
House
House of Commons

Westminster hall adjournment debate on First Group and other British companies and international labour law.

Lead member
Gwyneth Dunwoody
Answering member
Pat McFadden
Department
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Type
Adjournment debates
Date
24 July 2007
Reference
463 c223-9WH
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Transport Committee
Date
13 June 2007
Reference
HC 692-i 2006-07
House
House of Commons
Despite increased investment in public transport in recent years, the situation for my constituents who use First Group’s disastrous commuter trains and unreliable and expensive buses is dire. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the abysmal state of public transport in the Greater Bristol area would be much improved by setting up an integrated transport system, such as is found in areas with a passenger transport executive?
Asked by
Doug Naysmith (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
24 January 2007
Reference
455 c1417
House
House of Commons

That this House condemns First Group's recent 10 per cent. increase in bus fares in Manchester; recognises that this is another example of First Group exploiting their near monopoly of services in North Manchester at the expense of the travelling public; and believes that the sooner First Group and other...

Primary sponsor
Graham Stringer (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
16 January 2007
Reference
637
House
House of Commons