Sarah Champion MP: written questions
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Family Courts: Expert EvidenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to review the outcomes of Family Court cases where experts unregulated by the Health and Care Professions Council were used; and to ensure that children removed from their mother
Answer: The Government does not recognise the concept of “parental alienation” syndrome and does not think it is capable of diagnosis. Having reviewed relevant family court judgments and published guidance by various organisations, the Government recognises that ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: Expert EvidenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of experts unregulated by the Health and Care Professions Council (a) diagnosing parental alienation and (b) advising courts on residence transfers
Answer: The Government does not recognise the concept of “parental alienation” syndrome and does not think it is capable of diagnosis. Having reviewed relevant family court judgments and published guidance by various organisations, the Government recognises that ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRohingya: RefugeesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussion she has had with her counterparts at the UN on the resettlement of Rohingya refugees.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to question 77966 on 20 October 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMineralsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set a target date for the publication of the Critical Minerals Strategy.
Answer: Critical minerals have been included in the recently published National Security Strategy and also in the UK Government’s Resilience Action Plan, highlighting their fundamental importance to safeguarding the UK's economic security and resilience. Thanks t...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: RohingyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with partners to increase access to education for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Answer: The UK Government remains committed to improving the situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. In September, the Foreign Secretary announced £27 million in new funding, bringing the UK's total support to £447 million. This includes assistance to help ...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the National Crime Agency is carrying out inspections on cargo flights from the Uyghur region to ensure they are not carrying goods made with Uyghur
Answer: The Government remains firmly opposed to the use of state-imposed forced labour. We are committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses.The Proceeds of Crime Act (...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUyghurs: Supply ChainsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding (a) civil society and (b) academic institutions to conduct (i) forced labour and (ii) supply chain resea
Answer: The Government regularly works with civil society and academic institutions to fund a variety of research, including topics such as forced labour. We keep under review how we can best tackle forced labour in supply chains, by working across government dep...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to implement the recommendations in the Independent Review into Public Sector Food Procurement, published in May 2024.
Answer: The Government is currently considering the policy options available to deliver further on our ambitions for public sector food and catering. We are engaging with stakeholders across public sector supply chains and are carefully reflecting on possible pol...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of animal welfare enforcement in commercial pig farms; and what steps she is taking to ensure that audit and inspection processe
Answer: All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation, and potential breaches of the law are taken very seriously. We are actively working with enforcement authorities to reform the way they collect and publish d...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSupply Chains: UyghursDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to undertake regular assessments of the exposure of supply chains to Uyghur forced labour.
Answer: This Government stands firm on human rights, including the repression of Uyghurs, and continues to work with international partners to find ways of holding China to account.The Government’s Overseas Business Risk guidance sets out the risks of operating i...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2025 to Question 75965 on Food: Public Sector, what her Department's planned timetable is for reviewing food purchased by the public sector; and
Answer: The Government is currently assessing what food the public sector buys and where it comes from. This will enable us to determine the extent to which public sector organisations are buying food from British producers, providing a baseline with which to mea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) enforcement of the current illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing import controls.
Answer: The UK Government is strongly committed to preventing seafood caught from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing from entering the UK supply chain. Defra works closely with the Devolved Governments, Marine Management Organisation and Port Healt...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: RotherhamHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was for the Independent Office for Police Conduct produce the Updated summary published for 2017 IOPC investigation linked to child sexual abuse in Rotherham.
Answer: On 19 September 2025, following requests from complainants and other interested persons for further detail, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) published a further summary of the Operation Amazon investigation, which formed part of the series...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: RotherhamHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how much it cost for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to carry out the Operation Amazon investigation linked to child sexual abuse in Rotherham.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to letter sent to her from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regarding the costs for Operation Linden. A copy of the letter was placed in the House Library. As noted in that letter, “the total operations cost of the 9...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: RotherhamHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how much it cost for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to carry out the Operation Linden investigation linked to child sexual abuse in Rotherham.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to letter sent to her from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regarding the costs for Operation Linden. A copy of the letter was placed in the House Library. As noted in that letter, “the total operations cost of the 9...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: ProcurementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the procurement of food that is locally produced or certified to higher environment standards.
Answer: Defra is responsible for the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBSF), which set the requirements for sourcing, cooking, and serving of food for central Government and executive agencies in England. Local authorities are encourage...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for ensuring that half of all food purchased across the public sector is (a) locally produced and (b) certified to higher environment standards.
Answer: The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. As a first step, we will be reviewing the ...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordReligion: RadicalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will respond to the report of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights entitled The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Regaining Power, publ
Answer: We are aware of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights report entitled 'The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Regaining Power', and the issues it raises in relation to the rollback on rights.The UK has a long history as ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £400m Afghan Response Route funds announced on the 15 July 2025 was classified as Official Development Assistance in each year of operation; and from which Departments’ budgets it was sourced.
Answer: No money spent on relocation or resettlement in the UK as a result of the data loss incident is being paid for out of the Official Development Assistance budget. HM Treasury included the cost of Afghan resettlement schemes, including the ARR, in the spend...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that AI technologies which fall outside the scope of the Online Safety Act are subject to appropriate regulatory oversight of their potenti
Answer: We are committed to ensuring our laws keep pace with technology and are building on the Online Safety Act by taking further action in the Crime and Policing Bill to criminalise AI models which have been optimised to create child sexual abuse material.As s...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66539More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many companies are listed on the Government’s Debarment List under the exclusion regime in the Procurement Act 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling misconduct in public procurement. All contracting authorities and suppliers are expected to act, and be seen to act, with integrity. The debarment regime came into effect on 24 February 2025. We will not hesitate to...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: PrimatesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled Non-technical summaries for project licences granted January – March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for
Answer: The Home Office is committed to ensuring that the use of animals in scientific research is strictly regulated and is only permitted where no suitable alternatives are available.In parallel, the Government is committed to working towards a vision of phasin...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: VacanciesMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of unfilled magistrate vacancies on 9 July 2025.
Answer: We do not have a set number of magistrate vacancies. Magistrate recruitment targets are set on an annual basis covering 1 April to 31 March. As of 1 April 2025, there were 14,636 magistrates in post. We are aiming to recruit around 2,000 magistrates in 20...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Fuels and Water SupplyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65777More
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 levels of availability of fuel in Gaza; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact
Answer: The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. We remain deeply concerned at the lack of fuel supply in Gaza, which puts vital services such as water desalination at risk. On 18 July, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
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