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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Feb 2017
Construction Industry: Blacklisting

"The hon. Gentleman must be telepathic because he pre-empts what I will come on to. I will address that issue later.

First, it is important to state that although the issue has brought shame on the construction sector, there is still much to be proud of in the sector—look at …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Feb 2017
Construction Industry: Blacklisting

"I completely agree with my hon. Friend. She, too, must be telepathic. Not only am I a member of Unite and the GMB, and proud to be so, but UCATT, which is now part of Unite, is headquartered in the centre of the universe: my constituency. The work that the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Feb 2017
Construction Industry: Blacklisting

"I completely endorse my hon. Friend’s comments. Let us put what the Consulting Association was doing into context. It did not just maintain lists and files on thousands of construction workers; the material that it collected included personal information, such as information on workers’ private relationships, in addition to whether …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 08 Feb 2017
Construction Industry: Blacklisting

"The Minister is coughing so I will intervene to allow her to take a swig of water. While she is doing so, I will ask three questions. First, on a public inquiry, I understand what she says about the history, but the fact that events happened in the past has …..."
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Written Question
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Migrant Workers
Monday 7th November 2016

Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Answered by Margot James

I refer the hon. Member to the response given on 12 September 2016 by the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Orpington (Joseph Johnson) to Question UIN 45898.


Written Question
Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: EU Nationals
Wednesday 28th September 2016

Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many citizens of other EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public body.

Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone

56.6% (2380) of the c.4200 staff within core BEIS (former Department for Energy and Climate Change and Business, Innovation and Skills) have voluntarily declared their nationality with 4.5% (106) of that number declaring EU citizenship.

The nationality data for BEIS’s partner organisations, including arms-length bodies and non-departmental public bodies, is either not available or incomplete.