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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary regarding the application of merchant shipping regulations covering RFA merchant seafarers’ maternity and paternity rights.

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John McDonnell (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2026
Reference
113439
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of maternity and paternity rights of seafarers working on merchant ships covered by the Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) Order 1992.

Asked by
John McDonnell (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 March 2026
Reference
113441
House
House of Commons

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Just to inflame matters more, I am the chair of the RMT parliamentary group as well.

Next Monday is the third anniversary of the P&O scandal. Members might recall what happened: 800 members of staff—RMT members, largely—turned up for...

Member
John McDonnell (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2025
Reference
763 cc919-920
House
House of Commons

I think that across the House it took a long while to recover from the anger at the behaviour that was displayed in front of the Select Committee. The chief executive was acting with impunity because he had been able to price in those sorts of fines, and it was...

Member
John McDonnell (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
11 March 2025
Reference
763 cc920-1
House
House of Commons

I remind the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Shastri-Hurst) that across those European countries with the highest union density, people have the best wages and working conditions and the greatest productivity, which somewhat undermines his last argument. I refer you to my entry in the Register of...

Member
John McDonnell (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 October 2024
Reference
755 cc85-6
House
House of Commons

Yes, and as a result, people will work better, increase their productivity and improve the profitability of companies, which is beneficial to us all. It is as simple as that. However—there is a “but”—there are a few points on which I would press the Government to go a bit further....

Member
John McDonnell (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 October 2024
Reference
755 cc86-7
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises the bold leadership shown by John Lewis in becoming the first UK retailer to introduce six months’ equal parenthood paid leave and two weeks paid leave for any partner who experiences pregnancy loss; notes that progressive practices such as this are crucial to closing the gender...

Primary sponsor
Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party)
Type
Early day motions
Date
20 July 2021
Reference
348
House
House of Commons

The role of mediation has been generally welcomed, but it will require mediators. At the moment, a lot of the mediating is done by court officers and others. Who will play the role of mediator? Their responsibilities will include identifying the safeguarding of children and domestic violence issues. What qualifications...

Member
John McDonnell (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 February 2013
Reference
559 c55
House
House of Commons

We have had situations where affirmative and super-affirmative resolutions have been used so we can have a wider dialogue. One of the other issues apart from the code of practice is the regulations, particularly with regard to the local offer. The component parts of the local offer should be contained...

Member
John McDonnell (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 February 2013
Reference
559 c65
House
House of Commons

The general view of the House is that the Bill is a good one that could improve the quality of life of large numbers of children. It is not the revolution, to be frank, that some of us wanted, and there is also an underlying fear that the austerity measures...

Member
John McDonnell (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 February 2013
Reference
559 cc118-120
House
House of Commons

That this House welcomes the introduction of a right to parental leave by the Government but believes that many parents are unable to exercise that right because of financial constraints; and therefore calls on the Government to consider introducing the right to a statutory payment during parental leave which would...

Primary sponsor
Helen Jones (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
23 June 2004
Reference
1393
House
House of Commons

That this House welcomes the Government's initiative to introduce, for the first time, parental and family leave; believes that this will help families and improve productivity through family-friendly employment policies; and calls on the Government to examine ways in which those on low incomes can be helped to afford to...

Primary sponsor
Chris Pond (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
2 February 1999
Reference
263
House
House of Commons