Rebecca Long Bailey MP: written questions
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Written questions
Overseas Companies: PalestineDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with businesses on the steps they are taking to (a) identify and (b) prevent forms of support that help to maintain unlawful occupation in the Occupied Palestinian Territori
Answer: The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in Palestine are illegal under international law. The overseas business risk guidance, available on gov.uk, states there are clear risks to UK operators related to economic and financial acti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) identify and (b) prevent forms of support that help to maintain unlawful occupation in the occupied Palestinian territ
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 17 September to Question 73423.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Regulations: Street NumbersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating building (a) requirements and (b) regulations to make it mandatory to display a street building number on the outs
Answer: The government has made no assessment of the merits of updating Building Regulations to accommodate street building numbers on the outside of buildings.Local authorities already use their legal powers to manage requirements for street and building numberi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations for UN member states in the UN Human Rights Council Conference Room Paper
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 9 June 2025 to Question 55524.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she plans to take to encourage the Egyptian authorities to release Alaa Abd El-Fattah.
Answer: Alaa Abd El-Fattah was released from prison on 23 September 2025, following a Presidential pardon.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international allies on the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Answer: Alaa Abd El-Fattah was released from prison on 23 September 2025, following a Presidential pardon.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she next expects to discuss the case of detained British national Alaa Abd el-Fattah with her Egyptian counterpart.
Answer: Alaa Abd El-Fattah was released from prison on 23 September 2025, following a Presidential pardon.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Higher EducationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in higher education on students from different social and economic bac
Answer: The Government has had to make tough prioritisation decisions driven by the challenging fiscal context that we inherited. For the Department of Education, this has meant prioritising support for high-cost subjects that are essential to delivery of our ind...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Higher EducationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the decision to end Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in higher education.
Answer: The Government has had to make tough prioritisation decisions driven by the challenging fiscal context that we inherited. For the Department of Education, this has meant prioritising support for high-cost subjects that are essential to delivery of our ind...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in higher education on their future financial viability.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Salford to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Press Freedom: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide to (a) the Media Freedom Coalition and (b) other country-specific programmes to promote (i) media freedom and (ii) the protec
Answer: The United Kingdom remains steadfast in its commitment to media freedom internationally, including the protection of journalists. We recognise the vital role journalists play in upholding human rights, supporting effective, accountable and inclusive gover...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Press Freedom: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Departmental spending plans on the work of the (a) Media Freedom Coalition and (b) other country-specific programme
Answer: The United Kingdom remains steadfast in its commitment to media freedom internationally, including the protection of journalists. We recognise the vital role journalists play in upholding human rights, supporting effective, accountable and inclusive gover...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Press Freedom: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) the global Media Freedom Coalition and (b) other country-specific programmes to support (i) media freedom and (ii) the pr
Answer: The United Kingdom remains steadfast in its commitment to media freedom internationally, including the protection of journalists. We recognise the vital role journalists play in upholding human rights, supporting effective, accountable and inclusive gover...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Sexual HarassmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought for workplace sexual harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years.
Answer: Statistics collated centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the criminal offences under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 do not separately identify perpetrators prosecuted, convicted or sentenced to crimes involving sexual harassment, or the locati...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which enforcement body is responsible for ensuring that employers are in compliance with Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999; and what steps her Department has t
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) (alongside Local Authorities) is responsible for ensuring that employers are in compliance with Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Sexual HarassmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to help tackle incidents of workplace sexual harassment; and what procedures it follows to identify workplace sexual harassment during workplace insp
Answer: Whilst the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 could apply to harassment offences in the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) long standing position is that it does not seek to regulate or apply health and safety at work legislation where...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether it is her policy to maintain the original terms of the British
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in due course.We regul...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure: CostsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission’s 2024 Cost Drivers report, published in October 2024, what steps she is taking to tackle the cost drivers for major UK infrastructure projects.
Answer: The Government will publish a Ten-year Infrastructure Strategy this summer, alongside the Spending Review, to outline the approach it is taking to improve the delivery of economic infrastructure, such as transport. The strategy aims to address the root ca...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Capital InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the need for improvements to the Strategic Road Network to be included within the scope of the forthcoming 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy.
Answer: The 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy will set out the Government’s approach to core economic and social infrastructure, including transport. The Department recognises the Strategic Road Network (SRN) as a critical component of the UK’s transport infrastruc...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Capital InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of which key Strategic Road Network road schemes need priority (a) investment and (b) improvement.
Answer: The 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy will set out the Government’s approach to core economic and social infrastructure, including transport. The Department recognises the Strategic Road Network (SRN) as a critical component of the UK’s transport infrastruc...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Capital InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has allocated for highways investment.
Answer: The Autumn 2024 Budget announced nearly £1.6 billion in capital funding for local highways maintenance in England for the financial year 2025 to 2026. This includes £500 million of additional funding when compared to funding levels for 2024 to 2025. Natio...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration ControlsHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, which visa schemes the points-based system would apply to; and whether
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the proposals will apply to British National (Overseas) visa ho
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in d...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration ControlsHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the reforms will apply retrospectively to current visa holders;
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the proposals will apply retrospectively to people already on f
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at the time.
Answered 28 May 2025
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