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date	14/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Bullying and Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when did his Department last conduct a review into its bullying, discrimination and harassment policy.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	6971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Wigston Review into unacceptable behaviours was published in July 2019 and a full review of Bullying Harassment and Discrimination (BHD) policy was undertaken and updated throughout 2020 and published in June 2021 in Joint Service Publication 763 <em>Behaviours and Informal Complaints Resolution</em>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-763-the-mod-bullying-and-harassment-complaints-procedures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-763-the-mod-bullying-and-harassment-complaints-procedures</a>. This defined what unacceptable behaviours are for the first time and mandated the use of Climate Assessments to measure prevalence of BHD in units.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2020 Danuta Gray published her follow up report into the implementation of the Wigston Review; her work included her independent scrutiny of the Ministry of Defence’s BHD policies. The House of Commons Defence Committee has scrutinised the Department’s BHD policies over the last two years and made a number of recommendations aimed at redressing the balance to ensure that women in the Armed Forces feel valued and want to continue their service once they join.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to review and update its policies on BHD subjects, published its Zero Tolerance of Sexual Harassment policy in 2022, and will update the relevant Joint Service guidance in 2024; this will be undertaken in conjunction with the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 6972 6973 question first answered 19/12/2023 15:52:57 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Whisky: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to protect the status of Scottish whisky as a premium product in exports to the US after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	6971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Scotch Whisky is one of the UK’s great export success stories with global exports worth £4bn in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In the USA, Scotch Whisky is already protected in US Federal Law which refers to Scotch Whisky as, “whisky which is a distinctive product of Scotland, manufactured in Scotland in compliance with the laws of the United Kingdom regulating the manufacture of scotch whisky for consumption in the United Kingdom”. There is no reason for this to change as a result of EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>More generally, our International Action Plan for food and drink exports details how Government and industry will continue to work in partnership to promote UK food and drink overseas, break down trade barriers and open up new international markets.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/09/2017 16:33:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally