That this House supports members of the Public and Commercial Services union employed across the Victoria and Albert Museum who are taking strike action for improvements to pay, health and safety, and meaningful trade union engagement; recognises that trade unions have been negotiating the 2026-27 pay award since February, but that no acceptable agreement has been reached; calls on the V&A to become an accredited London Living Wage employer to maintain London Living Wage protection for the lowest paid staff and extend it to outsourced workers, to meet the union’s modest pay demand of 4 per cent for staff above the lowest band and for fairer compensation for bank holiday working; is concerned that Visitor Assistants at V&A Storehouse are not allowed to carry or drink from water bottles while in position, despite staff at other V&A sites being allowed to do so, and calls on the employer to meaningfully engage on this and other serious health and safety issues including the failure to adopt consistent heatwave protections across all sites and providing adequate seating for staff; and further calls on Victoria and Albert Enterprises to renegotiate recognition and facilities agreements so that union representatives can engage constructively with management and urges the museum’s director, Tristram Hunt, to meet with the unions to resolve the damaging dispute.

That this House supports members of the Public and Commercial Services union employed across the Victoria and Albert Museum who are taking strike action for improvements to pay, health and safety, and meaningful trade union engagement; recognises that trade unions have been negotiating the 2026-27 pay award since February, but...

That this House expresses its grave concern at reports of air strikes in the Goandhan area of Gidar, Surab district, Balochistan, in the early hours of 12 August 2026; notes reports that residential areas were affected and that women and children were among those killed and injured; further notes that at least seven deaths, including women and children, have been confirmed by local sources, while local media report that around 20 people may have been killed and dozens injured; recognises that the full number of casualties remains difficult to establish amid internet and communications shutdowns, curfews and continuing military operations in parts of Balochistan, including Nushki, Mashkay, Zehri, Mastung and Mangochar; also notes that the Pakistani authorities have issued a different account of the incident; believes that the conflicting accounts and reported civilian casualties require an independent and impartial investigation; calls on the Government to make representations to the Pakistani authorities to allow independent international media, human rights organisations and international observers unrestricted access to the affected areas; requests that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office urge representatives of the British High Commission in Pakistan and relevant Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials to seek access to Balochistan and meet affected families, human rights defenders, journalists and civil society representatives; and further calls on the Government to continue raising the protection of civilians and the wider human rights situation in Balochistan in its bilateral engagement with Pakistan.

That this House expresses its grave concern at reports of air strikes in the Goandhan area of Gidar, Surab district, Balochistan, in the early hours of 12 August 2026; notes reports that residential areas were affected and that women and children were among those killed and injured; further notes that...

That this House is deeply concerned that the National Gallery’s security staff, of whom the vast majority are from minority ethnic backgrounds, are being unfairly treated compared to the mainly white staff employed directly by the National Gallery; notes that directly employed staff enjoy a six-star staff hub with bright and airy recreation rooms for their breaks, while outsourced guards employed by CIS Security are forced to use a windowless unventilated basement storage area; regrets the effect of creating a two-tier workforce where BAME staff are literally kept hidden away among broken furniture, dirty walls and continuing rodent problems; recognises that both the National Gallery and CIS Security are London Living Wage employers and that when they gained accreditation, the National Gallery backdated the uplift for six months, while CIS Security did not; and joins the PCS union in calling on the gallery to ensure its security staff receive equal treatment to the directly employed staff, be given access to the staff hub, receive back pay on the same line as the National Gallery staff they work alongside, and to receive the uplift at the same time of year, rather than waiting six months each year.

That this House is deeply concerned that the National Gallery’s security staff, of whom the vast majority are from minority ethnic backgrounds, are being unfairly treated compared to the mainly white staff employed directly by the National Gallery; notes that directly employed staff enjoy a six-star staff hub with bright...

That this House is deeply concerned by the actions of Bellway Homes Limited, including the current Bellway appointed directors of Bluenote Apartments Management Company Limited, Francis Dickinson, Paul Hayes and Colin Marshall in connection with homes the company built at Bluenote Apartments, Hayes, Middlesex; notes the failure to remedy developer defects, failure to provide annual accounts on time to residents or any justification for how residents money is being spent, charging unjustified service charge demands, refusing to provide underlying receipts and invoices for expenditure in breach of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, allowing residents’ money, including reserve funds, to be unaccounted for, placing undue pressure on residents to take over the management of the building and exposing them to personal liability, knowingly charging residents for fixing defects that the developer is responsible for, facilitating and being indifferent to the negligence of the property managers put in place by the Bellway appointed directors, failing to transfer the freehold to the residents’ management company as contractually required, contrary to the sales contract appointing additional directors to the management company, and failing to act in the best interests of residents; and urges the Government to bring forward a strengthened Leasehold Reform Bill to put an end to this malpractice.

That this House is deeply concerned by the actions of Bellway Homes Limited, including the current Bellway appointed directors of Bluenote Apartments Management Company Limited, Francis Dickinson, Paul Hayes and Colin Marshall in connection with homes the company built at Bluenote Apartments, Hayes, Middlesex; notes the failure to remedy developer...

That this House notes with concern the escalating industrial dispute between London South Bank University (LSBU) and University and College Union (UCU) over fire and rehire proposals to terminate the contracts of all academic staff and require them to compete in a redundancy selection process as part of a restructuring of roles; is concerned these proposals will establish a two-tier academic workforce, increase working time without a corresponding pay increase, and see new teaching and scholarship staff employed through a subsidiary company outside the national pay framework and without access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme; believes these proposals could have disproportionate equality impacts, particularly for women working in nursing and midwifery; regrets LSBU has declined to participate in ACAS talks to resolve this dispute, as suggested by UCU; recognises the essential contribution of LSBU staff to higher education and to the education of much of London’s nursing workforce; expresses solidarity with UCU members who have already taken strike action in defence of their jobs, pay and working conditions; calls on LSBU to suspend these proposals, undertake a full equality impact assessment and engage in meaningful negotiations with recognised trade unions to achieve a negotiated settlement that protects staff, students and the university’s long-term future; and further calls on the Government to work with the sector and unions to halt the growing use of redundancy threats and subsidiary companies across the higher education sector undermining national pay, pensions and employment standards, and to ensure a sustainable funding settlement for higher education.

That this House notes with concern the escalating industrial dispute between London South Bank University (LSBU) and University and College Union (UCU) over fire and rehire proposals to terminate the contracts of all academic staff and require them to compete in a redundancy selection process as part of a restructuring...

That this House considers that the main focus of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) should be on tackling pressing issues arising from the conflict in the Middle East alongside emerging and ongoing crises across the globe; regrets however that the ongoing restructuring exercise has created an industrial dispute with members of the Public and Commercial Services Trade Union since November 2025; notes that PCS members have now voted for Industrial Action with 78% of members voting for strike action and 97% voting for action short of strike action in an industrial ballot on 22 June; supports calls by PCS that the dispute could be resolved by pledges of no compulsory redundancies, roles to be advertised for internal applicants in the first instance, evidence that equality impacts and potential discriminatory outcomes have been fully assessed and mitigated; further notes the calls by both the International Development and Foreign Affairs Select Committees to pause the restructure proposals; and agrees that pausing the restructuring with the Department should take place immediately and that FCDO should now engage in meaningful dialogue in order to address all the issues and concerns of the staff and trade union.

That this House considers that the main focus of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) should be on tackling pressing issues arising from the conflict in the Middle East alongside emerging and ongoing crises across the globe; regrets however that the ongoing restructuring exercise has created an industrial dispute...