Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and Desmond Swayne

Wednesday 18th March 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Swayne]

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is alive to that problem, and we are working across Government to deal with it.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

13. Nearly two years on from the Rana Plaza disaster in which thousands of garment workers were killed or injured when their factory collapsed, will the Minister update the House on the work he is doing with UK brands and retailers to ensure safe working conditions and fair pay?

[Mr Swayne]

Our £7.4 million programme with the International Labour Organisation is training some 575 factory inspectors and carrying out, with our funding, some 1,800 factory investigations for electrical, fire and structural problems. We are driving forward that agenda.