Information between 23rd March 2025 - 12th April 2025
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Division Votes |
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25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Chris Law voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 9 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 192 |
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Chris Law voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 8 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 190 |
25 Mar 2025 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context Chris Law voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 8 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 198 |
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Chris Law voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 9 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 196 |
25 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Chris Law voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 9 Scottish National Party No votes vs 0 Scottish National Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 313 Noes - 194 |
Speeches |
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Chris Law speeches from: Universities: Funding and Employment
Chris Law contributed 1 speech (120 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education |
Chris Law speeches from: Myanmar Earthquake
Chris Law contributed 1 speech (131 words) Monday 31st March 2025 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
Chris Law speeches from: Terms and Conditions of Employment
Chris Law contributed 2 speeches (574 words) Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Seasonal Workers: Visas
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Tuesday 25th March 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will meet with the Seasonal Worker Interest Group to discuss worker welfare on the Seasonal Worker visa. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Home Office, in collaboration with Defra, is arranging a meeting on seasonal worker welfare issues hosted by the Minister for Farming, Daniel Zeichner, and the Minister for Migration, Seema Malhotra MP, later this month. Invitations have been sent to the Seasonal Worker Interest Group, and other interested parties, for this event, which will provide an opportunity to discuss these matters further. |
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Seasonal Workers: Housing
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Friday 28th March 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the regulation of tied-accommodation for seasonal agricultural workers. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra, Home Office, and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Ministers and their Officials regularly engage regarding a range of issues, including accommodation standards for seasonal workers.
The Government will work collaboratively on this issue, across the relevant departments, to improve the rights and protections for seasonal workers. We are exploring approaches at the national and local authority level and through engagement with the sector itself. |
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Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Tuesday 8th April 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37200 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, whether HMRC has made an assessment of the potential impact of productivity related pay on (a) hourly wage calculations and (b) payslips for seasonal agricultural workers. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) When HMRC undertake compliance activity, evidence is gathered to determine the hourly rates of pay. We do not hold specific data on seasonal workers from our compliance activity. HMRC continues to crack down on employers who ignore the law, ensuring workers receive the wages to which they are entitled. |
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Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Monday 7th April 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37199 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, how many complaints were received by HMRC for seasonal agricultural workers in each of the last five years. Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. All businesses, irrespective of size or business sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff. HMRC continue to crack down on employers who ignore the law, ensuring workers receive the wages to which they are entitled. HMRC continues to undertake compliance activity within the agriculture sector across the UK. However, we do not hold specific data on how many complaints we receive relating to seasonal agricultural workers. |
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Health and Safety Executive: Staff
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Monday 7th April 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 37202 on Seasonal workers: Agriculture, how many Health and Safety Executive inspection officials are based in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) As the table below shows, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) currently employs 897 full time equivalent (FTE) inspector staff in all grades and roles including trainees, managers and specialists with warrants. There are currently 663 FTE Band 3 and 4 inspectors who undertake the delivery of the operational division workplans. This includes inspections and investigations into reported incidents and concerns and where non-compliance with health and safety legislations is identified, the inspectors take regulatory action in accordance with HSE’s published Enforcement Policy Statement.
Although HSE staff work across England, Scotland and Wales, these figures are based on the office location where the staff are employed.
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Seasonal Workers: Agriculture
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Monday 7th April 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37203 on Seasonal workers: Agriculture, how many Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations reports were received by the Health and Safety Executive for (a) agricultural and (b) seasonal agricultural workers in each of the last five years. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not require dutyholders submitting reports under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) to specify that the report relates to “seasonal agricultural workers”. Therefore, HSE does not hold specific data on the number of RIDDOR reports submitted for “seasonal agricultural workers” in each of the last five years.
HSE does collect RIDDOR reports on injuries and diseases to agricultural workers. The two tables below show the total number of RIDDOR reports received for “agricultural workers” from 1 April to 31 March over the last 5 years.
Table 1 - Reports of injuries*
*Table 1 - Injury outcomes include fatal, specified injuries, and over-7-day injuries.
Table 2 - Reports of occupational diseases, exposures to biological agents, and occupational cancers*
*Table 2 - Reports of specific occupational diseases, includes those caused by an occupational exposure to a biological agent; and cases of occupational cancer.
Notes on the two tables:
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Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Complaints
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Tuesday 8th April 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37194 on Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Inspections, how many complaints were received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) 'Complaints' is taken to mean referrals received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) about labour abuses, mistreatment of workers, labour providers operating without a licence or a business using an unlicensed gangmaster. The GLAA reports the number of referrals received in each of the GLAA's regions, over the last 5 years, as:
'Regions' denote the regions of England. However, 'North West' includes reporting related to Scotland and Northern Ireland; 'North West' includes reporting related to North Wales; and 'South West' includes reporting related to South Wales and Dyfed. |
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Immigration: Inspections
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Tuesday 8th April 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Visas and Immigration Compliance Unit inspections were carried out in 2024 in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) The information requested is not available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. |
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Visas: Seasonal Workers
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Tuesday 8th April 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37197 on Visas: Seasonal Workers, what steps she is taking to facilitate Scheme Operators in enforcing welfare on farms. Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) UKVI Seasonal Agricultural Worker Officers visit farms, interviewing both workers and farm managers to ensure that worker welfare, accommodation standards, as well as pay and conditions meet the requirements of the route.
Regular bi-monthly meetings are held with the licensed sponsors to ensure any complaints raised or issues identified are addressed as soon as possible.
Should systemic issues relating to worker welfare be identified that are not acted upon, UKVI will consider taking punitive action against the associated provider, up to and including the revocation of their licence. |
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Trade Agreements: Israel
Asked by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee Central) Wednesday 9th April 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered suspending the UK-Israel trade and partnership agreement. Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) We believe that having strong diplomatic and economic relationships with partners allows us to have frank discussions on important issues. The UK Government continues to work with our allies and partners, including across the region, to find a path towards permanent peace. |
Early Day Motions Signed |
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Wednesday 8th January Chris Law signed this EDM on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 24 signatures (Most recent: 22 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Siân Berry (Green Party - Brighton Pavilion) That this House notes that many local authorities and other public authorities use pesticides to manage unwanted vegetation in public places such as parks and green spaces, streets, school grounds, churchyards, train stations and car parks; is concerned that the most commonly used pesticide in urban areas is glyphosate, which … |
Tuesday 1st April Chris Law signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 1st April 2025 18 signatures (Most recent: 22 Apr 2025) Tabled by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North) That this House believes that every child has the right to a childhood free of poverty; recognises the essential work of child poverty charities who step up to support children where the UK Government is failing them; acknowledges that such charities do so in a context of deepening and spreading … |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Universities: Funding and Employment
57 speeches (13,083 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Stephen Gethins (SNP - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry) Friend the Member for Dundee Central (Chris Law) has already referred to this issue. - Link to Speech 2: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) Member for Dundee Central (Chris Law) is not in his place just now, but he outlined that 700 jobs are - Link to Speech 3: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) Members for Dundee Central (Chris Law) and for Strangford (Jim Shannon); my hon. - Link to Speech |
Terms and Conditions of Employment
40 speeches (9,063 words) Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough) Member for Dundee Central (Chris Law), about the bills and costs of an 18-year-old being the same as - Link to Speech |
Bill Documents |
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Apr. 12 2025
Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 12 April 2025 Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: 3 Stephen Flynn Dave Doogan Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Brendan O'Hara Graham Leadbitter Chris Law |
Mar. 25 2025
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 25 March 2025 Great British Energy Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Paul Holmes Sarah Owen Carla Denyer Irene Campbell Abtisam Mohamed Dame Siobhain McDonagh Chris Law |
Mar. 25 2025
Commons Consideration of Lords Amendments as at 25 March 2025 Great British Energy Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Paul Holmes Sarah Owen Carla Denyer Irene Campbell Abtisam Mohamed Dame Siobhain McDonagh Chris Law |
Mar. 12 2025
All proceedings up to 12 March 2025 at Report Stage Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_NC75 Chris Law . |