John McDonnell

That this House welcomes Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs protocol agreement on staffing issues to set out the arrangements for consultation and negotiation on the future staffing of the department, and on future changes to grading, location, skilling and development of its work

26 Jan 2006

That this House notes with concern that members of the Public and Commercial Services trade union working in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have felt that they have no other option but to take industrial action in the face of the Government's proposals for 30,000 job

25 Jan 2006

That this House notes with concern that following a strike organised in December by the Vahed Bus Company Trade Union in Tehran, the Iranian regime arrested the strike committee and that Mr Mansour Ossanlou, the leader of the trade union, remains in custody; urges the Iranian gov

24 Jan 2006

That this House expresses its appreciation for the crucial support civilian staff of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) provide for the armed forces; is concerned that the Department proposes to cut or privatise over 20,000 of these posts equating to one in five civilian jobs; is furt

23 Jan 2006

That this House urges the President of India to intervene in the case of Doctor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar, who was deported from Germany in 1995 contrary to Article 3 of the European Human Rights Convention and who has been facing a sentence of death in India since 2001, despite

17 Jan 2006

That this House expresses its deep concern at the recent examples of brutal behaviour of the Indian Police in the eviction of Punjabi farmers from their farms in Kashipur in the State of Uttaranchal, in their violent attack on the protesting vegetable merchants in the old fruit m

16 Jan 2006

That this House expresses its disgust at the obscene level of bonuses being paid this Christmas to speculators in the City of London; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to introduce a windfall tax on these payments in order to use that tax to cover the current deficits

19 Dec 2005

That this House believes the 2012 Olympic Games should allow London to demonstrate that it is a city for social justice; is therefore concerned at the recent Queen Mary, University of London report which found that cleaners working on London Underground exist on poverty wages, do

14 Dec 2005

That this House calls upon the Government to undertake a comprehensive campaign to publicise advice to parents on how to avoid positional plagiocephaly in babies; and further calls on the Government to issue guidelines to health professionals on the early detection of this condit

8 Dec 2005

That this House expresses its extreme concern at the sentencing to death of Karim Fahimi by the Iranian Supreme Court for the drinking of alcohol; states its total opposition to the use of the death penalty; and calls upon the UK Government to express its abhorence of the use of

8 Dec 2005