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date	05/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	China: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to (a) diversify the defence supply chain and (b) ensure there are no links to Xinjiang.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	5183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Defence and Security Industrial Strategy and Defence Command Paper Refresh outlines our ambition to build an increasingly diverse and innovative supply-chain. For all new procurements with a high risk of modern slavery or forced labour occurring, bidders and those within their supply chains must submit self-declarations confirming that they are compliant with anti-slavery legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 5180 question first answered 11/12/2023 14:42:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

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date	21/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the difference in fees in visa applications applying to some EEA and EU member state nationals; and what steps the Government is taking to improve equal treatment of all EEA/EU nationals under the current visa regime.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	5183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK has long standing arrangements in its legislation for the nationals of countries which have ratified the 1961 Council of Europe’s Social Charter (CESC) to qualify for a fee reduction for visa applications to come to work in the UK.</p><p>Nationals of the 26 countries which have signed and ratified the CESC are eligible for a reduction of £55 to their application fee if they are applying for a visa under a work route. Where the applicant is required to have a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) from their employer, the CoS can be issued free of charge.</p><p>Details of the routes which qualify for a reduced fee are published on at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals</a>.</p><p>The fee reduction of £55 only applies to the main applicant, it does not apply to dependants.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2021 11:31:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman