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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-01-24more like thismore than 2023-01-24
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Zimbabwe: Health Services more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January to Question 122105 on Zimbabwe: Health Services, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Health Services Bill on (a) workers’ rights, (b) rights of assembly and expression and (c) health service capacity in that country. more like this
tabling member constituency West Ham more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Lyn Brown more like this
uin 131146 more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2023-02-01more like thismore than 2023-02-01
answer text <p>The Bill is in part designed to change the legal framework of heath workers' rights in Zimbabwe - including, for example, potential imprisonment for undertaking industrial action.</p><p>It is possible this Bill and the potential changes to terms and conditions of service could negatively impact the ability of service providers to recruit and retain staff - thus reducing wider capacity in the health sector.</p><p>We regularly raise issues, including freedom of peaceful assembly and association, with the Zimbabwe government. The former Africa Minister discussed these issues with Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister last June, and our Ambassador made a public statement on this in October.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield more like this
answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-02-01T16:21:51.817Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-01T16:21:51.817Z
answering member
1211
label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell more like this
tabling member
1583
label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown more like this