Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
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Written questions
Schools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has issued to schools on remaining open during periods of extreme weather.
Answer: The department takes periods of hot weather and heatwaves seriously and has published a climate risk assessment in response. We continue to support responsible bodies and schools to provide education in a safe environment.To support them, the department h...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock Industry: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of Seasonal Shearer Visas in 2027 on sheep welfare.
Answer: The department recognises that the annual shearing of sheep is essential to managing the health and welfare of the UK flock of around 30m sheep, and the continued challenges that the industry faces each year in sourcing sufficient numbers of trained shear...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLivestock Industry: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to train UK-based sheep shearers ahead of the closure of Seasonal Shearer Visas in 2027.
Answer: Defra continues to work with British Wool ahead of the 2027 shearing season to build domestic shearing capacity and to encourage promotion, take-up and delivery of domestic shearing training programmes.During each of the last five years (2021-2025) Britis...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July 2025 on Implementation of Beneficial Ownership Registers across the Overseas Territories, what the evidential ba
Answer: Establishing wider access to beneficial ownership data including to those with a legitimate interest - is a step forward towards enabling greater scrutiny of illicit finance. The UK welcomed Turks and Caicos Island's (TCI) Legitimate Interest Access (LIA)...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July 2025 on Implementation of Beneficial Ownership Registers across the Overseas Territories, what the evidential ba
Answer: Establishing wider access to beneficial ownership data including to those with a legitimate interest - is a step forward towards enabling greater scrutiny of illicit finance. The UK welcomed Turks and Caicos Island's (TCI) Legitimate Interest Access (LIA)...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a $250 non-refundable fee per search request for the Turks and Caicos register of beneficial ownership on journalists
Answer: Establishing wider access to beneficial ownership data including to those with a legitimate interest - is a step forward towards enabling greater scrutiny of illicit finance. The UK welcomed Turks and Caicos Island's (TCI) Legitimate Interest Access (LIA)...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the beneficial ownership register in the Turks and Caicos Islands, once implemented, on the ability of the Crown Land
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: AirportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of the Public-Private Partnership procurement process for the Howard Hamilton International Airport r
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: AirportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 114788, what support her Department has offered to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government to ensure value for money and tr
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: AirportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost incurred by the Turks and Caicos Islands Government in relation to the cancelled Public-Private Partnership procurement process for the
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: AirportsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 114788, what discussions officials from her Department have had with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government since that Ans
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further improvements to the Turks and Caicos Islands' register of beneficial ownership, referred to in the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 July 2025, have been agreed
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the accessibility and cost of the register of beneficial ownership of (a) the Turks and Caicos Islands, (b) Gibraltar and (c)
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government on enabling searches by beneficial owner.
Answer: Establishing wider access to beneficial ownership data including to those with a legitimate interest - is a step forward towards enabling greater scrutiny of illicit finance. The UK welcomed Turks and Caicos Island's (TCI) Legitimate Interest Access (LIA)...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the provision in the Turks and Caicos Islands' Beneficial Ownership (Amendment) Regulations 202
Answer: Establishing wider access to beneficial ownership data including to those with a legitimate interest - is a step forward towards enabling greater scrutiny of illicit finance. The UK welcomed Turks and Caicos Island's (TCI) Legitimate Interest Access (LIA)...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: CompaniesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government on the level of fees to search their register of beneficial ownership.
Answer: Establishing wider access to beneficial ownership data including to those with a legitimate interest - is a step forward towards enabling greater scrutiny of illicit finance. The UK welcomed Turks and Caicos Island's (TCI) Legitimate Interest Access (LIA)...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: PlanningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the Crown, including legal costs, damages and settlements paid, arising from legal challenges to planning applications and Crown lan
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: PlanningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many legal challenges and lawsuits relating to planning applications and Crown land decisions have been brought against the Turks and Caicos Islands Government and the Cr
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: PlanningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of checks and balances on planning permission in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: PlanningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether new statutory and institutional checks and balances have been introduced in the Turks and Caicos Islands since 2009 to prevent the misuse of ministerial and official
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMichael MisickForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the value of payments and inducements accepted by Michael Misick and his co-defendants; and what proportion of that sum her Department expects t
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMichael MisickForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the UK Government of investigating and prosecuting Michael Misick and his co-defendants through the Special Investigation and Prosec
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: Land and AssetsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of land and assets recovered by the Special Investigation and Prosecution Team have been returned to public and community use in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: PlanningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands on the exercise of reserved powers under the 2011 Constitution in relation to the oversight of
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTurks and Caicos Islands: PlanningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the governance reforms introduced after the 2009 Commission of Inquiry in preventing illegal conduct in planni
Answer: The Hon Member has asked a large number of related questions on the Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG), some of which we are unable to answer because they fall within the responsibility of the devolved government, and others because they relate to...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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