"These Committees might not be the most exciting part of parliamentary life, but we should try to at least understand what we are dealing with. I have found my way around the SOI and the SOPI and the SAU part of the CMA, but what defines a “sensitive sector”? It …..." John McDonnell - View Speech
"If I am being dim here, I apologise, but I have gone through the explanatory notes to find out the definition of a sensitive area, and it is not there. The schedule to the regulations contains a table showing the various industries—copper, aluminium and so on— but regulation 6 does …..." John McDonnell - View Speech
"Simply, the legislation before us does not seem to describe the principles or the process by which a definition can occur. I might have got it completely wrong, but it would be useful to understand that at least...." John McDonnell - View Speech
"There is a difference between clarity in a consultation paper and clarity in legislation. I would like to hear about the legislation...." John McDonnell - View Speech
"I will speak as a trade unionist, taking up the point made by the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds). From the trade union point of view, I have been inundated with briefings from individual unions, including my own, which is Unison, the TUC, etc. All of …..." John McDonnell - View Speech
"These two small pieces of legislation could have the most serious impact of any we will be considering in this Session. BA has been mentioned. That is in my constituency. Let me explain what happened. When we went into the covid crisis, the airport was shut down. Many workers were …..." John McDonnell - View Speech
"I do not want to delay the Committee, but the explanatory memorandum states:
“Public interest in the Exclusion Order is expected to be minimal. There are two projects under active development and a further 18 strategic water resource schemes are being progressed which may meet
"I will try to make this suggestion in as constructive a way as possible. The Minister’s own involvement with the PAC will have demonstrated to him that Ofwat may not be the most effective means by which to monitor projects of this scale. It might well be that the Government …..." John McDonnell - View Speech
"I suggest to the hon. Member for Newbury (Laura Farris) that perhaps she should read some of the Labour party’s policy papers on automation and a range of other subjects.
I was not shocked to learn that the Tories were reviewing trade union rights—it is what Tory Governments do every …..." John McDonnell - View Speech