Kate Osamor MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Bureaux de Change: RegulationTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32007More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating regulations on currency exchange brokers.

  Answer: The Payment Services Regulations 2017 outline requirements on UK payment service providers regarding disclosure of fees and charges to the payer where currency conversion is provided as part of a payment transaction. Provisions under the Cross Border Paym...

  Answered 3 Mar 2025

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• Home Insurance: LandlordsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30100More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring landlords to hold buildings insurance for properties owned outright.

  Answer: The government has no plans to require landlords to hold buildings insurance for properties owned outright. Building owners are responsible for ensuring that buildings have appropriate buildings insurance in place.

  Answered 20 Feb 2025

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• United Nations: Older PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29441More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the development of a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.

  Answer: The UK Government is committed to equality and opportunity for all, with a particular focus on those most likely to be marginalised and discriminated against, including on the grounds of their age. We are open in principle to the idea of a multilateral in...

  Answered 17 Feb 2025

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• Miscarriage: Bereavement Leave and Bereavement PaymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29440More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending Paid Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave to those who experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks.

  Answer: The loss of a child at any age is incredibly difficult. Parental Bereavement Leave is available to parents who suffer a bereavement from 24 weeks of completed pregnancy up to the age of 18.Under existing laws, women are protected against any discriminatio...

  Answered 14 Feb 2025

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• Democratic Republic of Congo: Electricity and WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28034More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase supplies of (a) potable water and (b) electricity in North Kivu.

  Answer: The UK is a leading partner for the humanitarian response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is deeply concerned by the humanitarian impacts of the current situation in North Kivu. We are already the second largest donor in country, all...

  Answered 12 Feb 2025

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