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994614

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date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Africa: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with her African counterparts on support for the International Labour Organisation convention to end violence and harassment in the world of work.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government supports the adoption of an ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work. The Government is fully engaged in discussions in the ILO on the scope and content of the proposed Convention and as part of that is in regular contact with other states on this issue. The text of the Convention under negotiation includes informal workers and, if universally ratified, would apply to the world’s poorest workers. The Government’s position on the definitions and scope of the Convention is that it should provide broad coverage, whilst being ratifiable by as large a number of the ILO’s membership as possible.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 183319 183320 183322 question first answered 01/11/2018 16:04:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 81929 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

994616

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date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her French counterpart on placing violence and harassment in the workplace on the agenda for next year’s meeting of the G7.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for International Development has not yet discussed next year’s G7 agenda with her French counterpart.</p><p> </p><p>The Government strongly supports the adoption of an ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment in the world of work. The Government, led by the Department for Work and Pensions, is fully engaged in discussions in the ILO on the scope and content of the proposed Convention and as part of that is in regular contact with other states on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/10/2018 15:02:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

994617

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to visit the countries in which her Department funds programmes to tackle violence and harassment in the world of work.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Violence and harassment in the workplace is sadly endemic within many supply chains in the world, which is why our Responsible Accountable Transparent Enterprise programme, through which we are tackling these problems, has a global remit. Promoting the creation of good quality jobs is a focus of most country visits all Ministers undertake.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/10/2018 15:03:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

994618

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with UK businesses working in countries in receipt of Official Development Assistance funding on support provided by those businesses for ending violence and harassment in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Through the various partners that we work with on this agenda, including the Ethical Trading Initiative, ISEAL Alliance and UN Global Compact, we are providing support to a large constituency of UK businesses on tackling violence and harassment across their operations.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/10/2018 15:05:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

994625

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the removal of VAT on digital (a) books, (b) magazines and (c) newspapers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer discusses a range of issues with Cabinet colleagues, including VAT.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/11/2018 17:35:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill