John McDonnell

That this House supports the necessary changes to further education as outlined in the Tomlinson report; calls on the Government to support changes in 14 to 19 education provision; urges the Government to equalise funding per student across both schools and colleges; and calls fo

1 Mar 2005

That this House supports the National Union of Students 'get your vote out' campaign; recognises the importance of encouraging more citizens to register to vote; and urges honourable Members to sign up to the Education Manifesto supporting positive campaigning on the issues that

1 Mar 2005

That this House notes the Strategic Rail Authority's decision to invite expressions of interest for the new Thameslink/Great Northern franchise to be created by combining existing operations at Thameslink and Great Northern (currently WAGN) franchises; welcomes improvements in pe

22 Feb 2005

That this House deplores the actions of the Telegraph newspaper group in announcing, without consultation with staff or trade unions, up to 300 job cuts, including 90 journalists on the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, despite these papers being in sizeable profit and contrary to rece

8 Feb 2005

That this House expresses its deep concern at the resignation of Mr John Githongo, Kenya's leading anti-corruption official, and is saddened by the apparent descent of sections of the current Kenyan Government into the corrupt practices of the past Moi regime; and calls upon the

8 Feb 2005

That this House notes with great concern recent press reports which indicate that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is planning to privatise the Diplomatic Bag Service; considers that this will place the security of documents sent by the Government at greater risk of unauthoris

18 Jan 2005

That this House notes that since November 2003, passenger services have been operated in the public sector on South Eastern trains; further notes that since that time punctuality figures have improved in every quarter; further notes that in the Network Rail areas where maintenanc

13 Dec 2004

That this House welcomes the decision of Network Rail to bring all maintenance work back in-house on the national network; notes that in the Network Rail areas where maintenance contracts were first brought in-house, delays caused by infrastructure failures have fallen between 36

13 Dec 2004

That this House expresses deep concern at the Government's renewed attempts to stifle protest, by proposing to impose conditions on all demonstrations in the vicinity of Parliament Square and to ban permanent encampments and the use of megaphones; notes previous unsuccessful atte

6 Dec 2004

That this House notes with extreme concern reports that the process of privatisation of the Ministry of Defence Records Office at Bourne Avenue, Hayes, is putting the private and confidential records of past and present British servicemen and women at risk as a result of the lack

6 Dec 2004