Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions 2025
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Cuba: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of steps taken by the US to discourage third countries from engaging with (a) the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade and (b) oth
Answer: The UK continues to support access to essential health services, alongside transparency and ethical labour standards, and there is no reason those objectives should not be compatible.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) economic and (b) diplomatic merits of ratifying the UK–Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement.
Answer: The UK-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) was signed under the previous Government. We are currently undertaking a cross-Government consultation before it is laid before Parliament for scrutiny, while continuing to cooperate positive...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the planned timetable for the ratification of the UK–Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement.
Answer: The UK-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) was signed under the previous Government. We are currently undertaking a cross-Government consultation before it is laid before Parliament for scrutiny, while continuing to cooperate positive...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made on concluding the inter-departmental consultation process on the UK–Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement.
Answer: The UK-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) was signed under the previous Government. We are currently undertaking a cross-Government consultation before it is laid before Parliament for scrutiny, while continuing to cooperate positive...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: Maternity Services and Sickle Cell DiseasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on potential scientific exchange programmes with Cuba on (a) maternal health and (b) si
Answer: The UK-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) was signed under the previous Government. We are currently undertaking a cross-Government consultation before it is laid before Parliament for scrutiny, while continuing to cooperate positive...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support countries in determining their own healthcare partnerships without external interference.
Answer: The UK is committed to modern development partnerships in health - designed with the Global South - with countries and communities at the heart of decision making, shaping systems that reflect their priorities and realities - not imposing our own. Our sup...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: VisasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her US counterpart on the imposition of visa restrictions on officials of third countries who cooperate with Cuba in the provision of
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 6 November to Question 87175.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the enhanced pre-donation testing process pilot on reducing the number of deferrals for low Hb levels.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT tests donors’ haemoglobin (Hb) to ensure they are at sufficient levels to safely donate.NHSBT has recently changed its testing to include the first line finger prick and ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what demographic data his Department considered when choosing blood donation centres to pilot the post donation testing for advanced Hb assessment.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT’s post donation testing feasibility study will assess if an analyser-based blood count, including a haemoglobin (Hb) assessment, can be used to assess a whole blood dono...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: DonorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which blood donation centres have begun a trial of the Post Donation Testing for advanced Hb assessments.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is responsible for blood donation in England. NHSBT’s post donation testing feasibility study will assess if an analyser-based blood count, including a haemoglobin (Hb) assessment, can be used to assess a whole blood dono...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police departments on appropriate use of live facial recognition technology.
Answer: The Home Office has not issued guidance to police forces on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) but the government is responsible for the legal framework. The legal framework governing police use of facial recognition requires compliance with data pr...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88334More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the real-terms freeze in the annual Cash ISA allowance on (a) pensioners and (b) other low-risk savers.
Answer: ISAs incentivise saving and investment by providing generous tax advantages to individual taxpayers. Individuals can save up to £20,000 into an Individual Savings Account (ISA) each year, and any savings income received within an ISA is tax free. In 2022/...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88333More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the household income threshold for childcare support on (a) labour market participation and (b) associated reductions in local economic activity.
Answer: The Government is committed to providing access to affordable childcare to support parents’ who want to go out to work, and their local economies. This includes rollout of 30 funded hours for working parents from September 2025, which the OBR has estimate...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: CybersecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to compensate providers for additional work created by the cyber security incident at the Legal Aid Agency.
Answer: We acknowledge and appreciate the constructive way that providers have worked with us following the serious criminal attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems. They have continued to do vital work in challenging circumstances.Time spent on co...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Housing and ImmigrationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timeline is for the implementation of the uplift of (a) housing and (b) immigration legal aid.
Answer: The Government announced in July this year that legal aid fees for housing and immigration legal aid will be uplifted.Following the criminal attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s digital systems, the Government’s priority has been to maintain access to justice...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations on council tax in the consultation entitled Modernising and improving the administration of council tax, published on 20
Answer: We are currently considering all responses to the consultation. The Government will publish its response to the consultation in due course.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to prevent the exploitation of workers on the Seasonal Worker visa in food supply chains following BBC’s File on 4 Abused for our Food investigation.
Answer: The Home Office undertakes extensive assurance action across the route, including significant numbers of boots on the ground visits, including interviews with randomly selected workers. Since March 2023, we have visited 387 farms and conducted 2560 interv...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: Heart DiseasesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to work with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to (a) improve awareness of cardiac risk among young athletes and (b) ensure sports clubs have access
Answer: Sport England, DCMS’s Arm's-Length Body for grassroots sport, is helping increase awareness of cardiac risk among young athletes in the community sports sector, including signposting to information about screening, through Buddle, its online site for club...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProsthetics and Wigs: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, what steps he is taking in November 2025 to promote inclusive (a) wig and (b) prosthetic services.
Answer: The Department and the National Health Service in England recognise that there are particular challenges for specific groups of people and for breast cancer care, particularly concerning the promotion of inclusive wigs and prosthetic services.For wigs and...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProsthetics and Wigs: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England to ensure the procurement of suitable (a) prosthetics and (b) wigs suitable for ethnic minority patients meets diverse patient needs.
Answer: The current NHS Supply Chain Wigs Framework Agreement was awarded to 42 suppliers and provides a range of wigs, both real and synthetic, and headwear products to provide alternative choices to patients, as well as maintenance, styling, alteration, and rep...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProsthetics and Wigs: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a limited access to suitable (a) prosthetics and (b) wigs on ethnic minority patients; and what steps he is taking to improve access.
Answer: The current NHS Supply Chain Wigs Framework Agreement was awarded to 42 suppliers and provides a range of wigs, both real and synthetic, and headwear products to provide alternative choices to patients, as well as maintenance, styling, alteration, and rep...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: MisconductHome OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protections are currently in place for police whistle-blowers reporting misconduct within their own force.
Answer: Police officers and staff have protections under ‘whistleblowing’ law, meaning they are protected from being unfairly dismissed or from suffering any detriment due to having made a protected disclosure. The Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 expressly refl...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: ComplaintsHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of public confidence in police handling of complaints; and whether she plans to strengthen accountability mechanisms to improve that trust.
Answer: The Government is committed to strengthening the public’s confidence in the police. This includes ensuring that when officers fall seriously short of the high standards expected of them, they are swiftly identified and robustly dealt with.The Independent ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Resignations and RetirementHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to prevent police officers under investigation from (a) resigning and (b) retiring before disciplinary proceedings are completed.
Answer: It’s crucial that police officers are held to the high standards rightly expected of them, and we’re committed to ensuring that the right mechanisms are in place to create an open and transparent police discipline system which delivers fair results for al...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Resignations and RetirementHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police (a) officers and (b) staff have (i) resigned and (ii) retired while under investigation for (A) misconduct and (B) gross misconduct in each of the last five years.
Answer: It’s crucial that police officers are held to the high standards rightly expected of them, and we’re committed to ensuring that the right mechanisms are in place to create an open and transparent police discipline system which delivers fair results for al...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
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