John McDonnell

That this House is dismayed at the decision of Wrexham and Shropshire railway to cease operating from 28 January 2011; notes the decision has been made despite the fact that according to Passenger Focus it was voted best operator by passengers with a 96 per cent. satisfaction rat

27 Jan 2011

That this House is shocked at the announcement that hundreds of jobs and services are to be lost as a result of Government cuts to BBC World Service funding; notes that up to 650 jobs will go under the plans, five language services will be closed and others will be scaled back; f

26 Jan 2011

That this House commends those people with disabilities who demonstrated outside the headquarters of ATOS to protest at the role of this company in the administration of benefits for people with disabilities, which has resulted in the loss of benefits, increased poverty and suffe

25 Jan 2011

That this House recognises the good work done by many of the non-departmental public bodies included in the Public Bodies Bill [Lords]; is concerned that a single Bill gives Ministers the power to abolish or change the status of a wide variety of organisations with diverse functi

21 Jan 2011

That this House notes the comments of the Secretary of State for International Development expressing his view that the management of Actis had outnegotiated the previous Government by structuring itself to avoid paying any profits to the taxpayer and that this was shameful; and

19 Jan 2011

That this House notes with alarm the savage attack on a young man at West Finchley station; further notes that there were no station staff on duty to assist him; and calls on London Underground to halt its programme of cuts to 800 station staff in order to ensure the safety of pa

19 Jan 2011

That this House notes with concern the report in The Guardian of 19 January 2011 that the solicitors Carter Ruck threatened the Soil Association with libel proceedings in order to bully the Association into withdrawing its objection to a planning application and considers that th

19 Jan 2011

That this House is concerned at the substantial cuts proposed for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) fleet; notes that the RFA is Britain's essential supply service to the Royal Navy and recognises that the service also demonstrates unrivalled technical expertise through training, t

19 Jan 2011

That this House is alarmed to note that, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), between April 2009 and March 2010, 152 people were fatally injured at work, 26,061 suffered major injuries at work and 1.3 million people who worked during the last year were suffering fr

18 Jan 2011

That this House considers that large scale bonuses for bankers and/or the use of the device of converting these bonuses into sizeable salary increases will be viewed by the British people, whose taxes were used to bail out the banking system, as obscene and unacceptable; and ther

20 Dec 2010