John McDonnell

That this House regrets the trend of cutbacks and lack of investment in local journalism by the owners of local news providers; notes that since the summer of 2008 over 1,000 editorial posts in local news have been cut or left unfilled and that dozens of local newspaper offices h

26 Feb 2009

That this House welcomes the national demonstration organised by students in favour of free education on 25 February 2009; regrets that this academic year could see the lifting of the £3,000 cap on tuition fees in higher education; expresses grave concern that student debt and po

24 Feb 2009

That this House notes that staff from the BBC World Service's Urdu, Hindi and Nepali sections have voted to take strike action in protest against the management's plans to off-shore the three services; expresses grave concern at the BBC World Service management's decision to impo

24 Feb 2009

That this House notes the important role the Government Offices in the English regions play in delivering a wide agenda on behalf of Government including the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for C

24 Feb 2009

That this House regrets the death of a 97 year-old woman after allegedly being left without heating in the recent cold spell at a residential home for the elderly run by the private company Southern Cross; notes that Southern Cross was fined £80,000 and ordered to pay £120,000 co

23 Feb 2009

That this House condemns the reports by the Worker Right Consortium of death threats and blacklists regarding union activities by the management of a factory in Honduras owned by the Fruit of the Loom, a subsidiary of the Russell Corporation; notes the recent closure of the facto

23 Feb 2009

That this House notes with concern that in November 2008 the Independent and the Independent on Sunday proposed that 90 jobs, around 60 of them editorial, should be cut and that as a result up to 35 journalists working for the papers face compulsory redundancy; regrets the widesp

23 Feb 2009

That this House is concerned about the proposals made in the first clause in the Welfare Reform Bill relating to work for your benefits schemes, which give powers to introduce mandatory full-time work experience pilots from 2010 and will require some jobseekers to engage for up t

12 Feb 2009

That this House supports the Committee of Public Accounts' criticisms of the Defence Information Infrastructure project which is now 18 months behind schedule and 182 million over budget; and in light of this report urges the Ministry of Defence not to award the Atlas consortium

9 Feb 2009

That this House expresses concern that the future of Crewe Railway station and Crewe's proud heritage as a railway town and gateway to the North West is threatened by Network Rail's proposals to build an expensive new rail station at Basford as the region's key terminal; is furth

5 Feb 2009