P&O Ferries and Employment Rights — 21 Mar 2022 at 19:19

The majority of MPs voted in favour of suspending contracts and licences held by the owner of P&O Ferries, DP World, to remove them from the Transport Advisory Group and in favour of strengthening workers' rights and banning the practice of fire and rehire.

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

• That this House
• condemns the decision of P&O Ferries to fire 800 staff without notice and demands their immediate reinstatement;
• notes that DP World, the owner of P&O Ferries, received millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money during the coronavirus pandemic;
• calls on the Government to suspend the contracts and licences of DP World and remove them from the Government’s Transport Advisory Group; and
• further calls on the Government to bring forward a Bill urgently to outlaw fire and rehire and strengthen workers’ rights.

Debate in Parliament |