For the second week running blacklists were raised at Prime Minister's Questions. (And for the second week running the BBC didn't bother to report it).
This time Brown raised it himself which may have been in response to the mass lobby of Parliament which had just taken place (see previous post).
Q8. [272709] Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire, North) (Lab): My right hon. Friend will be well aware of the difficulties facing employers and employees in the construction industry—problems that have been further compounded by the activities of illegal gangmasters. Will he therefore agree to meet me and other like-minded colleagues to talk through the issues involving illegal gangmasters in the construction industry?
The Prime Minister: I am happy to do so. This issue concerns me and anybody who looks at the performance of the construction industry. We are also, as I said last week, looking at the operation of illegal blacklists in the construction industry, which is an unacceptable practice.
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