We also believe that it should be a criminal offence to use such a list for the purpose of blacklisting individuals.
We had discussions with leading people in the oil industry who have actually done something to get rid of the blacklisting.
It made blacklisting, which arose in the industrial dispute last year, a particularly offensive issue.
Is he further aware that the secret blacklisting procedures which put on those sanctions are absolutely unacceptable in a parliamentary democracy?
I have no evidence of such blacklisting and no proposals for action.
I would not want that sort of effort to be put at risk by blacklisting any development assistance being given to projects such as these.
Any breach of the law, however insignificant and however long ago it was committed, could be used by a blacklisting organisation to justify its work.
We thought that this proposal, which would have avoided the need for the proposed blacklisting of pre-filled pens, was well worth exploring with the companies.
