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Procurement Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from John McDonnell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 June 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Procurement Bill [Lords].

On telecoms, not TikTok in this instance. According to reports last week, the UK telecoms arm of CK Hutchison, 3 mobile, is merging with Vodafone. Vodafone is extensively involved in Government contracts and evidence by Unite the union published this week is basically saying that CK directors supported the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong. In fact, the chair of the company, Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, is adviser to the Hong Kong Chief Executive. The right hon. Gentleman knows that John Lee, the Chief Executive, has been involved in the suppression of protests and in the arrest of trade union colleagues of mine, members of Unite. Does he share my concern that people linked to this company now are going to have access to Government contracts in the UK?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
734 c198 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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