MPs have called on any new government after the general election to launch a full public inquiry over blacklisting as a matter of priority. The Commons Scottish Affairs Committee has called for an inquiry after concluding that many questions regarding blacklisting remain unanswered, including the full extent and breadth of the practice. In its report, Blacklisting in Employment, the committee called blacklisting an "odious" practice which could still be ongoing. The committee said: "The odious practice of blacklisting has blighted the working lives of many people in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK. "We are specifically concerned as to whether the extent and breadth of the practice is fully known, and whether this odious practice is ongoing within the construction industry."
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