Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Developing Countries: Debts Written OffForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international financial institutions, including the IMF and World Bank, on cancelling or restructuring debt for Global Sou
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July 2025 to Question HL9091.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international partners on the development of legal frameworks for climate reparations.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndigenous Peoples: Natural ResourcesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support Indigenous communities affected by historic UK-linked resource extraction projects.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s contributions to international climate funds, such as the Loss and Damage Fund, in addressing the environm
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with Commonwealth nations on climate finance to address the impact of climate change on small island developing states.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international bodies, including the United Nations, on the issue of reparations for historical injustices.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: SlaveryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the role of UK aid in supporting economic and social initiatives aimed at addressing the legacy of colonial exploitation and enslav
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with CARICOM member states regarding the ten-point reparations plan put forward by the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: ResearchDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with universities and cultural institutions on the potential merits of establishing scholarships or research funding for communities impacted by
Answer: Whilst no such discussions have taken place directly, the Department is in contact with National Museums Liverpool (NML) on the development and refurbishment of the International Slavery Museum, which is being co-produced working closely with Liverpool’s ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: SlaveryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department had held discussions with museums and other cultural institutions on the potential merits of engaging with communities on colonial-era acquisitions and the transatlantic sl
Answer: Museums in the UK are independent from the government and so decisions on engaging with communities are operational matters for them and their trustees to decide. The Department is in regular contact with our 15 sponsored museums, and as part of this has ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Remains: AfricaDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps with museums and other institutions to repatriate African ancestral remains to their countries of origin.
Answer: Museums are independent of the government and so decisions related to their collections are for their trustees to make. However, DCMS has previously issued Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums which encouraged museums to establish an advisory...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRestitution: Human RemainsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations's report entitled Laying Ancestors to Rest, published in March 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the pote
Answer: Museums are independent of the government and are responsible for decisions relating to the care and management of their collections, including the return of human remains, therefore no such assessment has been undertaken. However, DCMS has previously iss...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Remains: AfricaDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations's report entitled Laying Ancestors to Rest, published in March 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the pote
Answer: The Government is aware of the issues this report raises and, whilst no such assessments have been made, The Museums Minister met separately recently with DHSC to discuss options on the sale of human remains following the Minister for Museums, Heritage an...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to increase support for women and girls in conflict-affected and climate-vulnerable regions.
Answer: The UK continues to place women and girls at the heart of our international work, including playing a key role in the global effort to tackle violence against women and girls. We are also continuing to support countries to build resilient and sustainable ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding for programmes supporting women’s and girls’ rights, education, and health is maintained in the current and future
Answer: The UK continues to place women and girls at the heart of our international work, including playing a key role in the global effort to tackle violence against women and girls. We are also continuing to support countries to build resilient and sustainable ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what steps her Departmen
Answer: Core Protection will allow those who are at risk to remain in the UK as long it is necessary, whilst it is unsafe for them to return.Pathways for unaccompanied children, families with children, and other vulnerable asylum seekers will be reviewed with ful...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Mental HealthHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed asylum reforms on the mental health of vulnerable groups, including (a) asylum seeking children and (b) survivors of trauma.
Answer: Core Protection will allow those who are at risk to remain in the UK as long it is necessary, whilst it is unsafe for them to return.Pathways for unaccompanied children, families with children, and other vulnerable asylum seekers will be reviewed with ful...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps will be taken to involve individuals with lived experience and civil society groups in shaping the modern slavery legislation proposed in the Restoring Order and Control policy paper publis
Answer: We are seeking to introduce new modern slavery legislation as part of our efforts to review and improve the modern slavery system. New legislation will enable us to clearly articulate the UK’s responsibilities under international law regarding modern slav...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to release the proposed modern slavery legislation, referenced in the Restoring Order and Control policy paper published on 17 November 2025.
Answer: We are seeking to introduce new modern slavery legislation as part of our efforts to review and improve the modern slavery system. New legislation will enable us to clearly articulate the UK’s responsibilities under international law regarding modern slav...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProsthetics: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87401 on Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups, whether he will ensure that there is guidance or a requirement for NHS Trusts to procure breast
Answer: NHS Supply Chain manages a framework agreement for the provision of external breast prosthesis and chest support garments, only which was renewed in November 2024. The framework provides the breadth of products available to meet National Health Service tr...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProsthetics and Wigs: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87400 on Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups, whether he will make an assessment of the impact of limited access to suitable breast prosthesis
Answer: NHS Supply Chain manages a framework agreement for the provision of external breast prosthesis and chest support garments, only which was renewed in November 2024. The framework provides the breadth of products available to meet National Health Service tr...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to introduce Jade's Law.
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing Section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which introduces an automatic restriction on the exercise of parental responsibility where one parent has been convicted and sentenced for the murder or voluntar...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Bereavement CounsellingDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of implementing the measures set out by The Joanna Simpson Foundation and Children Heard and Seen on support for children bereaved by domestic homicide
Answer: This government recognises the dreadful impact of all domestic abuse-related deaths on children and families. This is why the Home Office funds Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse to support those bereaved by deaths in this way.Every child deserves the ri...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Hazardous SubstancesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing education, training and health surveillance for all staff (a) who handle or (b) may be exposed to hazardous medicinal products.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2025 to Question UIN 84444.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHazardous Substances: SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of engineering controls such as (a) biological safety cabinets and (b) closed system drug transfer devices during the preparation and administration of hazardo
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 30 October 2025 to Question UIN 84444.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
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