Kate Dearden

Labour (Co-op) — Halifax

Government roles held

Written answers given

• To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the risks to c
• Thank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. I thank the Minister for the tone and content of her answer.
• We have three Poundland stores across Paisley and Renfrewshire South—one in Paisley itself, one in Linwood and one in Jo
• For thousands of Poundland workers, the question today is simple: “Will I still have a job?” Behind every store facing u
• Some 30,000 jobs are at stake in Poundland and its supply chain. Internal documents that we saw at the weekend show that
• The news about Poundland will be deeply worrying for its 12,000 staff members and their families, for the 30,000 staff o
• I am standing here on behalf of the workers in Tipton centre and on Union Street in Wednesbury, all of whom provide a vi
• Today the Tory party has shamefully said that it does not give two hoots about 12,000 workers, including dozens in my co
• I, too, am a member of USDAW the union. My constituents want to work for Poundland, and they have helped it turn a profi
• The great majority of the more than 300 online reviews of the Poundland store in Totton in New Forest East give it a fiv
• The news that Poundland has filed a notice of intention to enter administration will cause deep concern to the many thou
• I welcome the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell). What we have here i
• Poundland is headquartered in Walsall and, as one of the borough’s MPs, I am concerned about the impact this situation i
• Constituents in Birmingham Erdington appreciated having Poundland—we had three Poundland stores, but two have closed in
• I have not been contacted by any constituents who work for Poundland, because the store in Haywards Heath closed in Febr
• On behalf of the staff who work at the Poundland stores in Cannock town centre and the Linkway retail park, I find this
• The Poundland in Bridgwater closed in July. While the Minister is right to prioritise protecting jobs, will she accept t
• Poundland is a proud west midlands business and its three stores in Coventry provide fantastic products at reasonable pr
• The Poundland in Denton expanded in 2022 and now employs 55 staff, several of whom have got in touch with me in the last
• Like the Minister and Members across this House, my first priority is the staff of Poundland, including in the Hartlepoo
• This is a hugely uncertain time for workers at Poundland in Yate, and I am sure that I am not alone among MPs in finding
• Among the 12,000 Poundland workers whose jobs are now at risk are those based at Low Petergate in York. In the light of
• Employees in the Poundland stores in Carrickfergus and Larne in my constituency are now facing a bleak economic future,
• I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) for asking the urgent question and for putti
• I thank the Minister for her responses to all the questions that have been asked so far. The potential collapse of Pound
• High streets such as Dudley’s face pressures from online shopping and rising costs. Too many units have stood empty for
• The current situation is not the Government’s fault, and it is certainly not the fault of the excellent employees at Pou
• The Poundland store in Dartford forms an important part of the shopping offer at the Priory Centre, as well as the wider
• Let me first declare an interest as a proud member of USDAW. I share the support for valued Poundland workers across th
• My fair-minded constituents are rightly appalled at the news that the jobs of our local shop workers in Poundland are be
• I called at the Poundland store in the Sovereign Shopping Centre a few days ago to check in on the team, speak to the ma
• I thank the Minister for her answers, and my thoughts are with all the staff at the Alloa store. What is happening with
• I, too, declare my proud membership of USDAW. Poundland workers in Merthyr Tydfil, like elsewhere, are deeply concerned
• I thank the Minister for her statement, and my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) for aski
• Last week, workers in Lichfield woke up, put on their uniforms, went to work and were told that their jobs were under th

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