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Bam Nuttall failed to mount a 鈥渞obust鈥� investigation into its involvement in blacklisting and has not offered redress or expressed regret to victims of the practice since, its former head of HR has told MPs.

The admissions came as the Scottish Affairs Committee 鈥� which is investigating blacklisting in construction 鈥� questioned Pat Swift, who served as head of HR at the civils firm from 2004 until 2012.

From 2004 until 2009, Swift, who is now retired, was also a main contact of Ian Kerr, the late boss of blacklisting firm the Consulting Association (TCA), which Bam Nuttall and other contractors paid for its services up until it was exposed and shut down in early 2009.

Committee chairman Ian Davidson asked Swift if Bam Nuttall had ever discussed expressing 鈥済enuine regrets鈥� or offering 鈥渞edress鈥� for its TCA activities.

Swift, who said he was speaking for himself and not the firm, replied: 鈥淣ot that I ever recall. We certainly 鈥� at the time we wrote back to the ICO [Information Commissioner鈥檚 Office] 鈥� genuinely believed we had not affected anyone鈥檚 lives.鈥�

Swift had earlier insisted that during his time as head of HR at Bam Nuttall, the firm had never turned down anyone for work on the basis of the TCA blacklist or supplied information on individuals to the TCA.

Davidson asked whether this also applied to the period prior to 2004, when Swift was appointed to the role.

Swift replied: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think the [blacklisting] investigation I held in 2009 was that robust because were were asked specific questions by the ICO, particularly about the last five years. Equally we didn鈥檛 have access to the records.鈥�

Davidson said: 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think your investigation was robust either. What the TCA was doing in its last months was illegal and you were paying money to an organisation doing something illegal. And you, as an HR professional, should have known it was illegal.鈥�

The chairman also said he had received information that Bam Nuttall had blacklisted an individual called Mickey Guyll, a safety rep on the construction of the Docklands Light Railway in London, and warned Swift that this 鈥渟eems to contradict the evidence you鈥檙e giving us.鈥�

Davidson also strongly criticised Bam Nuttall鈥檚 apparent lack of regret and Swift鈥檚 lack of action over blacklisting.

鈥淵ou just seem so lazy. It seems to me that you didn鈥檛 take this at all seriously,鈥� he said, a statement rejected by Swift.

Swift was appearing before the MPs last Wednesday afternoon.

After leaving his role as head of HR at Bam Nuttal, Swift took on the job of HR manager for BFK, the consortium made up of Bam Nuttall, Ferrovial and Kier building Crossrail鈥檚 western tunnels section, which itself was accused by unions of involvement with blacklisting - something it vigorously denies.

Bam Nuttall is the sister company of Bam Construct with both firms part of the Royal Bam Group.

In September, contractor Sir Robert McAlpine 鈥� which is facing a High Court compensation claim over blacklisting named Bam as one of nine co-defendants.

However, neither Bam nor Bam Nuttall is part of the industry compensation scheme launched by eight major contractors the following month.

Bam Nuttall and Bam both declined to comment.