Ford UK (Duty of Care to Visteon Pensioners)
Debate between Lee Scott and Mike Freer(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend agree that whatever may happen in coming months, Ford should just do the right thing and honour everything that it said, as he has described? It should be responsible to its former employees.
Mike Freer
My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Anyone who has gone through the documents that the Visteon pensioners have been able to secure will see that there is a clear audit trail showing that Ford knew exactly what it was doing. It gave guarantees that it is now seeking to renege on.
Israel and the Peace Process
Debate between Lee Scott and Mike Freer(12 years, 1 month ago)
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Mike Freer
I thank the right hon. Member for that clarification. That is an amazingly pertinent point.
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend agree that the main difference between the two peace processes is that, to the best of my knowledge, Sinn Fein at no time called for the destruction of Northern Ireland?
Mike Freer
My hon. Friend makes a pertinent point. It is difficult to negotiate when one side simply wants to wipe the other off the face of the earth. Both sides will have to make difficult compromises. We have seen that in this country. In any conflict resolution, both sides have to make compromises, but so far the emphasis seems to be on asking Israel to make all the concessions.