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John McDonnell’s contribution in the 2nd reading of the Finance Bill

Budgets and their associated Finance Bills give practical meaning to the political aims of Governments. Manifestos and the rhetoric of party-leading Members and eventually the Queen’s Speech are the mechanisms used to describe the society that the governing party aims to construct, but it is its Budgets and its Finance…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Online Anonymity and Anonymous Abuse debate

I am the secretary of the National Union of Journalists parliamentary group, and on behalf of the NUJ, I wish to refer to the particular vulnerability of journalists, and the unprecedented virulence and level of the abuse, threats and harassment that takes place online. Even after the experience of a…

John McDonnell’s amendment to the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill.

I tabled an amendment to the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill. This new clause would place statutory duties on the CAA to reduce, minimise or mitigate significant adverse noise impacts of aviation. I wish to speak to new clauses 1 and 2 and amendment 1, standing in my…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Debate on Human Rights in Sri Lanka 18 March

I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting): how many more times do we have to be here before we get firm action? I thank the hon. Members who secured this important debate, and I pay tribute to all my constituents and the community groups…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Harold Laski, professor at the London School of Economics and chair of the Labour party in the Attlee period, said that in this country, we will not see the arrival of fascism with some dictator strutting in his uniform, bedecked in medals. Instead, the risk to our freedom will come…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Impact of Covid-19 on DCMS sectors debate 10th March 2021

Let me thank and congratulate the Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) for how they have jointly championed the sector on a cross-party basis. They have raised the issues of the lack of support for freelancers,…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the COP 26 Debate 10th March 2021

I echo the words of the last speaker, the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat), about how monumental the decisions will be that need to be taken this November, because November’s COP26 in Glasgow is a historic opportunity for Britain to provide leadership to the world on climate…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the debate on Residential Leaseholders and Interim Fire Safety Costs 10th March

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi) for securing the debate. May I say how impressive her introduction was? It is a reflection of the immense talent she brings to the House. I will speak briefly, because I promised my constituents who live at the Ballymore…

John McDonnell’s contribution to the Debate on Press Freedom and Safety of Protesters: India 8th March

I speak as the secretary of the National Union of Journalists parliamentary group, but, like others, also as a friend of India, not just because of my constituents who originate from India but because of my own family ties. As a firm and true friend, we have to be honest…

John McDonnell’s contrribution to the Covid-19: Cultural and Entertainment Sectors Debate

I pay tribute to Equity, the Public and Commercial Services Union, the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union and all those trade unions that have worked so hard throughout the pandemic to ensure that their members are properly represented and that the plight of the workers in the cultural sector…

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