Morrison Construction Wins Public Contract

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges the recent £56 million contract won by Morrison Construction from Hub North Scotland for a new high school project in Shetland; notes that the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee's Blacklisting in Employment: Interim Report, published in April 2013, reports that Morrison Construction was initially a member of the Services Group in the Economic League, which, according to the report, was an association of construction companies "who collated data on potentially disruptive individuals" working in the construction industry, with a view to blacklisting them from employment; understands that Morrison Construction was a founding member of the Consulting Association set up to carry on the work of the Economic League and to continue to conduct what it considers the insidious practice of blacklisting against men and women in the construction industry for simply being a trade unionist or activist who, among other things, raised on occasion concerns about health and safety in what is to this day one of the most dangerous industries in the UK; considers that the Scottish Government's blacklisting guidelines appear not to be fit for purpose, and believes that the Scottish Government and all other Scottish public authorities should not be giving public contracts to companies if they have been involved in blacklisting, until such times as adequate compensation is paid to those working people affected or their families and which have provided adequate evidence that they are not blacklisting or declining to employ formerly blacklisted workers.

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 11

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

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-13892 by reference.