That this House condemns Whitbread PLC's decision to quit the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) after just 18 months of membership; notes that Whitbread owns Costa Coffee, Premier Inn and Brewer's Fayre; fully endorses the ETl's code on freedom of association; criticises any organisations that centre their business models on low pay, long working hours, poor employment conditions and the exploitation of EU free movement in order to maximise profits; supports the nine pillars of equal pay for young workers, proper rest breaks, adoption of the real living wage, paid transport for staff when working hours past 12am, a robust anti-sexual harrassment policy, a minimum hour contract, staff consultation on rota changes, 100 per cent of tips earned going to staff and trade union access in the workplace as outlined in Unite's Fair Hospitality Charter; and calls on companies in the hospitality sector to work with the ETI and Unite and other relevant trade unions to ensure that people are treated fairly and with dignity in the workplace.

That this House condemns Whitbread PLC's decision to quit the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) after just 18 months of membership; notes that Whitbread owns Costa Coffee, Premier Inn and Brewer's Fayre; fully endorses the ETl's code on freedom of association; criticises any organisations that centre their business models on low...

That this House deplores the decision by Whitbread Plc to sell all of its 3,000 pubs to a sole bidder, thereby denying its 1,7000 pub lessees the right to buy the freehold on their premises; further notes that many lessees have invested very large sums in their pubs and in the process have contributed substantially to Whitbread's profits; recognises that these lessees now feel betrayed by the company's actions; supports their Right to Buy Campaign aimed at persuading the company to consider bids from individual lessees or groups of lessees; and calls on the Government to initiate an urgent review of the legal position of pub lessees in such situations.

That this House deplores the decision by Whitbread Plc to sell all of its 3,000 pubs to a sole bidder, thereby denying its 1,7000 pub lessees the right to buy the freehold on their premises; further notes that many lessees have invested very large sums in their pubs and in...

That this House regrets the announcement by Whitbread of the company's intention to close the Cheltenham Flowers and Castle Eden breweries; notes that these plans will add to a long list of closures which includes Higsons, Fremlins, Chesters, Wethereds, Portsmouth and United, Bentleys, Threlfalls, Campbell Hope and King, Young, Rhymney, Dales, Green, Lacons, Strongs, West Country Breweries, Tennant, Birkenhead, Brickwoods, Duttons, Flowers and Sons, Thompson, Tucker, Evan Evans Bevan, Starkey Knight and Ford, Whitaker, Leney, Tomson and Wotton, Cobb and Co., Ameys, Fielder, Clarksons, Worksop and Retford, Southams, Salford, Alton Court, Norman and Pring, Soulby Sons and Winch, Mowbray and Co, and Sheffield Exchange; believes the loss of these breweries destroys an important part of Britains's heritage; notes the differential in beer duty between the United Kingdom and continental Europe which exacerbates the competitive difficulties of local brewers by encouraging smuggling of beer from across the Channel; calls on the Government to act urgently and open negotiations with the United Kingdom's partners in the European Union with a view to harmonising duty levels; and urges Whitbread to think again before ending centuries of quality brewing in Cheltenham and Castle Eden.

That this House regrets the announcement by Whitbread of the company's intention to close the Cheltenham Flowers and Castle Eden breweries; notes that these plans will add to a long list of closures which includes Higsons, Fremlins, Chesters, Wethereds, Portsmouth and United, Bentleys, Threlfalls, Campbell Hope and King, Young, Rhymney,...