Results 1-20 of 278 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Colin Burgon

Nato: Royal Mail (20 Oct 2009)

Colin Burgon: The Minister, in his disappointingly one-sided statement, talked about the need for productive industrial relations. How can there possibly be productive industrial relations with a management who sabotaged the fourth phase of the agreement and who he knows, in his heart of hearts, have no commitment to keeping the service in the public sector and want to privatise it so that they can put...

Royal Assent (21 Jul 2009)

Colin Burgon: I understand that the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) is currently visiting a couple of countries in Latin America. Will my hon. Friend the Deputy Leader of the House use her powers to direct him to visit Honduras to lecture the military junta on the bad steps that they have taken?

Royal Assent (21 Jul 2009)

Colin Burgon: Neville Chamberlain once talked about "a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing." That could apply to the subject that I want to raise today—the recent military coup in Honduras. People probably do not know much about Honduras, but the journal Business Week tells us: "Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Two-thirds of its 7.8...

European Court of Justice Judgments (21 Jul 2009)

Colin Burgon: I am conscious of the time, and I do not want to go over ground that has already been covered. I asked the Minister several specific questions to which, given the time, he obviously will not be able to respond verbally. Could I have his assurance that he will come back to me with written replies to the questions that I put to him?

European Court of Justice Judgments (21 Jul 2009)

Colin Burgon: It is good to see you in the Chair, Mr. Martlew, and to see that the Minister is present. I would like to use our last day before the recess to discuss an issue I have raised in the past: the free movement of labour and the impact of that policy on working people in this country as enshrined in the EU, which, as we all know, is dominated by neo-liberal ideas. More specifically, I want to look...

Forensic Science Service (30 Jun 2009)

Colin Burgon: Will my hon. Friend confirm, and does this not betray where the Government are heading, that the notes to candidates state that the creation of a GovCo "is intended as a precursor to evolution into a private sector entity"? Do they say that, or not?

Forensic Science Service (30 Jun 2009)

Colin Burgon: Like my hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle), I declare a constituency interest. There is a Forensic Science Service laboratory in Wetherby in my constituency. My hon. Friend has covered the ground well. He is right to say that MPs have been treated shabbily. However, the work force has been treated in an even more shabby manner. The trade unions have been frozen out of many of the...

Forensic Science Service (30 Jun 2009)

Colin Burgon: They received £107 million for an investment of just £540,000. They made £200 for every £1 invested. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh) was mentioned earlier. He has said that "senior public servants managing QinetiQ behaved dishonourably. They sold the idea to the MOD of privatising the business without explaining...

Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment): Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [ Lords] (2 Jun 2009) has video

Colin Burgon: Does my right hon. Friend agree that the free movement of labour is effectively another term for an incomes policy, which dramatically affects only unskilled and semi-skilled people in this country?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (19 May 2009) has video

Colin Burgon: Our foreign policy towards Cuba is that Ministers will not visit Cuba. The Minister will be aware that this month the Canadians sent their Foreign Minister, thus meaning that the Heads of State or Ministers of 16 countries have visited Cuba. Would the Minister be willing to meet a group of us who think that our current policy is wrong for the Cuban people and wrong for Britain, too?

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy (18 Mar 2009)

Colin Burgon: I agree with the final comments of the hon. Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth)— [Interruption.] I refer to his comments on the need to rebuild Britain's manufacturing base. I had better clarify that, because I am after a job in the future. I want to avoid what I consider to be pretty senseless tit for tat. I want to avoid aiming for the easy target presented by the individual bankers...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: The Economy (18 Mar 2009)

Colin Burgon: No, I will crack on, if my hon. Friend does not mind. The roots of the current crisis lie in the 1980s and 1990s, but their effect is only now hitting home. We all remember, from reading learned newspapers, smart talk of "post-Fordism", of how we were moving into a post-industrial age, and how the provision of services was the way forward and the production of things something from the past....

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Latin America (3 Mar 2009)

Colin Burgon: Will the hon. Lady give way?

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Latin America (3 Mar 2009)

Colin Burgon: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn), who has few peers in Parliament in terms of his commitment to the people of Latin America. What is so interesting about Latin America is that it was the first continent to have neo-liberalism imposed on it, beginning with the coup in Chile on 11 September 1973. It is heartening that the mass of people on whom the...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Latin America (3 Mar 2009)

Colin Burgon: No, I believe in the class struggle, so if my opponents shout at me and carry on, I see it as part of that struggle. I have no problem with that—

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Latin America (3 Mar 2009)

Colin Burgon: I will not respond to that. There are some other things that I need to put on the record. For ordinary Venezuelans, progress under Chavez has been quite impressive. More than 2.5 million people have been lifted out of poverty. Even though oil prices were high at the time, the former Governments did not attack poverty in any way whatever. Thanks to the Barrio Adentro service, millions of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Feb 2009) has video

Colin Burgon: Does the Prime Minister agree that the threat to British workers does not come from other European workers, but from the workings of the unregulated capitalism that is enshrined— [ Interruption. ] On this, Mr. Speaker, there can be no cross-party consensus. What I am asking the Prime Minister is this: will he support calls to reform the— [ Interruption. ] They have knocked me off...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Bolivia (13 Jan 2009) has video

Colin Burgon: What assessment he has made of the political situation in Bolivia in advance of the constitutional referendum.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Bolivia (13 Jan 2009) has video

Colin Burgon: The Minister will be aware that Bolivia is the poorest country in Latin America, but at last under Evo Morales it has a Government who are committed to addressing the huge economic and social inequalities in that country. Will my hon. Friend take the opportunity to send a clear message to the separatists in Bolivia, who have engaged in violent conduct culminating in the Pando massacre, that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Pitt Report (17 Dec 2008) has video

Colin Burgon: I welcome the money provided for Leeds city council to draw up a surface water management plan. Will the Secretary of State use his considerable influence in our city to ensure that the Liberal-Conservative-controlled council speaks to people like me so that we can raise the issues affecting people living beside Kippax and Collingham becks, people in Methley living by the River Aire, and...