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Written Question
Industrial Disputes
Thursday 9th May 2024

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the average number of workdays lost in each strike action in each (a) week and (b) month of 2024 as of 30 April 2024.

Answered by John Glen

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon. Member’s parliamentary question of 30/04/24 is attached.

Written Question
Industrial Disputes
Thursday 9th May 2024

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the average number of workdays lost in each strike action in each month in 2023.

Answered by John Glen

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon. Member’s parliamentary question of 30/04/24 is attached.

Written Question
Emergencies: Planning
Wednesday 15th February 2023

Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to increase the Government’s strategic resilience in relation to matters of national importance.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

With the increasing volatility and interconnectedness of risks, strong national resilience is more important than ever. The UK Government’s Resilience Framework, published in December 2022, sets out a strategic approach to strengthening the systems and capabilities that underpin our collective resilience to all risks.

Work is already underway across Government to deliver on the principles and approach in the Framework and to act on lessons from recent crises. We have already refreshed the National Security Risk Assessment and will be updating the public National Risk Register later in the year. The Prime Minister has approved a new sub-committee of the National Security Council dedicated to resilience, led by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. We have also strengthened Cabinet Office crisis and resilience structures. The new Resilience Directorate leads on longer-term resilience planning, alongside the COBR Unit which leads on national crisis response and contingency planning.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Sep 2022
Health and Social Care Update

"I welcome the Minister’s priorities on GP appointments, pharmacies and dentistry, which are important for Islanders. May I make her aware of the specific needs of what her Department calls “unavoidably small hospitals”? We have 12 in England and Wales, covering 20 mainly Conservative constituencies, of which St Mary’s is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 May 2022
Foreign Lobbying

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered foreign lobbying in the UK.

As ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela.

I am going to use this debate on foreign lobbying to lobby the Government. They have published their National Security Bill, and the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 May 2022
Foreign Lobbying

"That is a good question; I am not sure I can define it. It is possible to define the outcome, which is trying to influence events in an unethical, potentially illegal way, while not doing so overtly—for instance, by the Russian intelligence service, the GRU. It is apparently not illegal …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 May 2022
Foreign Lobbying

"The hon. Gentleman raises a valuable point. I am not sure I can argue the details of that because I do not know enough about the individual case. Simply put, if that individual is deemed to be an informal agent of influence, he should be on a registration process. But …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 May 2022
Foreign Lobbying

"I have not done so, so I should be much more circumspect...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 May 2022
Foreign Lobbying

"You are right, Dame Angela. Thank you very much for correcting me. I shall be a bit more obtuse about—..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 May 2022
Foreign Lobbying

"Obtuse and obscure.

Together with lawyers, accountants, estate agents, public relations professionals and other enablers, lobbyists have formed a buffer around these people. I know that the case with Russia is clearly changing very dramatically—it has been rather forced on us by conflict—but China is another important case that concerns …..."
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