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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Industrial Action

Part of Transport – in the House of Commons at on 24 October 2019.

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Photo of Alex Norris Alex Norris Labour/Co-operative, Nottingham North

On 30 August, I met DVSA employees in Nottingham who are taking industrial action, as they want to work in an environment free from bullying and where they are listened to and valued. My hon. Friends the Members for Gedling (Vernon Coaker) and for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood) and I wrote to Baroness Vere of Norbiton requesting a meeting to make these representations. She declined. Will the Minister or the Secretary of State take that meeting instead, so that they can hear important feedback from critical members of staff?

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