Louise Haigh MP: written questions 2025
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Resettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a relocation scheme for high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK facing (a) imprisonment, (b) torture and (c) death.
Answer: The UK has a proud history of providing protection for those fleeing war and persecution through our safe and legal routes. Since 2021, we have resettled over 34,500 individuals through the UK’s Afghan schemes.Given the scale of global displacement, it is...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that police forces implement changes in practice following Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel findings.
Answer: Keeping children safe is a priority for this Government and we are committed to implementing improvements in practice, including through introducing multi-agency child protection teams in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.The new National Centre f...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Discrimination and HarassmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Acas under the new Resolve and Manage priorities in its 2025–30 strategy to help support victims of harassment and discrimination following the planned introduction of the
Answer: Clause 24 of the Government’s Employment Rights Bill will void any agreement, such as a contract of employment or settlement agreement, between a worker and their employer that prevents a worker from speaking out about relevant harassment or discriminatio...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Discrimination and HarassmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Acas under the Prevent strand of its 2025–30 strategy to ensure that employers do not issue non-disclosure agreements in cases of (a) harassment and (b) discrim
Answer: Clause 24 of the Government’s Employment Rights Bill will void any agreement, such as a contract of employment or settlement agreement, between a worker and their employer that prevents a worker from speaking out about relevant harassment or discriminatio...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with (a) health, (b) environment, (c) energy, (d) film, (e) education, (f) business and (g) transport regulators on the impact of
Answer: Please refer to the answer the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology gave on 14 July to Question 66210.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with regulators on the future application of AI.
Answer: Please refer to the answer the Department of Science, Innovation, and Technology gave on 14 July to Question 66210.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHolocaust: DisinformationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the UNESCO entitled AI and the Holocaust: rewriting history, published on 18 June
Answer: The Government welcomes the publication of this report, which explores both the challenges and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Holocaust remembrance and education.We remain committed to working internationally on both developing safe, sec...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAntisemitismDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Antisemitism Policy Trust entitled Antisemitism Goes Viral, published on 19 December 2024
Answer: The Government condemns all forms of hate crime, including antisemitism, and recognises the serious concerns raised in the Antisemitism Policy Trust’s report about the prevalence of antisemitic abuse online.We are committed to ensuring that users can enga...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential role of (a) innovative Small Modular Reactors and (b) their associated UK-based (i) manufacturing and (ii) construction supply chains in supportin
Answer: Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with to build the UK’s first small modular reactors (SMRs), subject to final government approvals and contract signature. It is expected that an SMR pro...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) economic and (b) industrial benefits to (a) Sheffield and (b) South Yorkshire of building innovative Small Modular Reactors using
Answer: Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with to build the UK’s first small modular reactors (SMRs), subject to final government approvals and contract signature. It is expected that an SMR pro...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Modular Reactors: Supply ChainsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to maximise the role of UK-based supply chains in the (a) development and (b) delivery of innovative Small Modular Reactor projects.
Answer: Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with to build the UK’s first small modular reactors (SMRs), subject to final government approvals and contract signature. It is expected that an SMR pro...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits and VacanciesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the most recent data on the number of (a) unemployed benefit claimants and (b) job vacancies by Jobcentre.
Answer: A) Claimant count data for the UK is published and available at: Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics. Data on the number of people claiming out of work benefits is published and available at: Stat-Xplore - Home. B) There are no published ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
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