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Eleanor Smith

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Spring Statement
Tuesday 13th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Griffiths Portrait Andrew Griffiths
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The main priority for this Government has been to protect jobs here in the UK and the continuation of public sector contracts and services. The special manager, of course, has a responsibility to wind up the business to get the best value for creditors, but he is responsible for dealing with businesses overseas.

Eleanor Smith Portrait Eleanor Smith (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab)
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For the Carillion workers who were not transferred under TUPE, what was the degradation of their terms?

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I have met the hon. Lady several times, and I know that she is working hard to ensure that her constituents employed by Carillion get all the protections possible. The Secretary of State has had conversations with the special manager to ensure that wherever possible when contracts are transferred employees get like conditions so that they are no worse off. As she will understand, this is a very complex and complicated business, and I do not at the moment have the specific statistics she requests.

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