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1469716

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of a recent study commissioned by the Garment and Textile Workers Trust that more than half of the Leicester garment workers are paid below the minimum wage and receive no holiday pay.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	17063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government launched Operation Tacit to address allegations of widespread non-compliance in the Leicester garment sector. Since June 2020, HMRC have considered the National Minimum Wage (NMW) risks associated with more than 500 Leicester textiles businesses as part of Operation Tacit.</p><p>HMRC have also taken part in more than 360 visits to businesses providing advice and support to employers and workers on NMW obligations and rights, and taking enforcement action where concerns have been identified. Based on HMRC's extensive, on the ground experience, their findings are that the NMW risks in the Leicester textile industry are in line with the rest of the UK manufacturing sector.</p><p>We continue to encourage anyone with information to come forward.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 17064 question first answered 21/06/2022 08:08:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469717

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle poor working conditions and practices in the garment industry in (a) Leicester and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	17064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government launched Operation Tacit to address allegations of widespread non-compliance in the Leicester garment sector. Since June 2020, HMRC have considered the National Minimum Wage (NMW) risks associated with more than 500 Leicester textiles businesses as part of Operation Tacit.</p><p>HMRC have also taken part in more than 360 visits to businesses providing advice and support to employers and workers on NMW obligations and rights, and taking enforcement action where concerns have been identified. Based on HMRC's extensive, on the ground experience, their findings are that the NMW risks in the Leicester textile industry are in line with the rest of the UK manufacturing sector.</p><p>We continue to encourage anyone with information to come forward.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 17063 question first answered 21/06/2022 08:08:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469767

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Missguided
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of reports that workers in Pakistan making clothing for the fashion brand, Missguided, have not received salaries for more than four months and as a result are destitute and starving.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	17065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>We are looking into reports of the negative impact on workers in Pakistan after the alleged collapse of the UK firm, Missguided.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/06/2022 16:36:14 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469768

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Missguided
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Pakistani counterpart on the impact on Pakistani garment workers of the collapse of the fashion brand, Missguided.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	17066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text We are looking into reports of the negative impact on workers in Pakistan after the alleged collapse of the UK firm, Missguided. answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 21/06/2022 16:34:03 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469866

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Jagtar Singh Johal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in India on the detention of Jagtar Singh Johal.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	17067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously, and we regularly raise Mr Johal's case directly with the Government of India at official and Ministerial level. The Prime Minister raised Mr Johal's case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 April as part of a wide-ranging discussion. The Foreign Secretary last raised Mr Johal's case with the Indian Minister of External Affairs, Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on 31 March 2022. Consular staff have attended a number of hearings in Mr Johal's case in an observer capacity, and did so on 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9 June. This Government will continue to look to raise our concerns about Mr Johal's case at all appropriate opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 21/06/2022 14:27:45 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469274

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department collects data on the number of (a) subsidence payments made to refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme and (b) thank you payments made to hosts under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	15740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Relevant data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 15741 15742 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:20:46 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469275

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of local authorities have received the full amount owed to them by the Government to cover the cost of payments owed to hosts and refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	15741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Relevant data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 15740 15742 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:20:46 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469276

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the system for issuing payments to refugees and hosts under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	15742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>Relevant data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 15740 15741 question first answered 15/06/2022 16:20:46 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1468997

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of when the UK Health Security Agency testing for Evusheld will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	15321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>AstraZeneca commissioned the UK Health Strategic Authority (UKHSA) to test the effectiveness of Evusheld against the Omicron variants. Initial data has been shared with AstraZeneca and testing continues for the Omicron variant BA.4. The timing of the results are dependent on a number of factors and we are currently unable to confirm when it will be available. After reviewing the data, AstraZeneca will determine whether to commission further testing.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 20/06/2022 10:21:36 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1469067

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Myanmar: Propaganda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Myanmar nationalists and military are using Telegram, Youtube, Telegram, VK and Viber to disseminate propaganda news.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	15322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>Misinformation is rife in Myanmar and the UK is committed to tackling it. The military continues to perpetuate propaganda, including their unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud in 2020. In response to the February 2021 coup, the UK Government established the Myanmar Witness programme which verifies and reports on open-source information of serious human rights violations and abuses. This project is essential to countering disinformation. We call on the regime to end its obstruction of the Myanmar people's right to information and freedom of expression, which is vital to de-escalating the crisis.</p><p>The UK Government strongly believes that the rights of individuals and independent media to express opinions and peacefully challenge authority are essential to a free and open society. The FCDO launched its media freedom campaign in 2018 to shine a global spotlight on media freedom and to raise the cost to those who abuse the media. Myanmar remains a priority country for the UK on media freedom.</p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 17/06/2022 13:17:15 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West