Scottish Public Inquiry into Blacklisting

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the final report of the Scottish Affairs Committee following its inquiry into the blacklisting of trade unionists, environmentalists, health and safety campaigners and ordinary workers; supports the recommendations in the report, including the recommendation that procurement rules to address blacklisting by companies bidding for public sector contracts should be put on a statutory footing and that there should be a public inquiry into what it considers the blacklisting scandal; notes that the Scottish Government previously responded to requests for a Scottish inquiry into blacklisting by suggesting that the Scottish Parliament should await the outcome of the Scottish Affairs Committee inquiry to consider whether there are grounds for a public inquiry; notes the committee's finding that the details of the blacklist operated by the Consulting Association on behalf of companies in the construction sector shows that Scottish workers have been disproportionately affected by this; notes that there are allegations of the involvement of the police and security services in supplying information and/or conducting covert surveillance of blacklisted workers and political activists who may also have been victims of blacklisting, and calls for the establishment of a Scottish public inquiry to examine every aspect of the blacklisting of Scottish trade unionists and others in Scotland, including the role that police services in Scotland may have had in this practice.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 19 Ind 3 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-12864 by reference.