P&O Ferries and DP World

Early day motion 1115, tabled 23 March 2022 by Karl Turner (Labour). Signed by 125 members.

That this House condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision of P&O Ferries to fire 800 staff without notice or consultation with their trade unions, the RMT and Nautilus; demands the immediate reinstatement of the sacked workers; condemns their replacement with agency workers earning as little as £1.80 per hour; condemns P&O’s use of hired private security guards to remove seafarers from their place of work; 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.

Signatures by party: Labour 82, Scottish National Party 12, Labour/Co-operative 11, Liberal Democrat 7, DUP 3, Independent 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Alba 2, Green 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.