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Speeches
Louise Haigh speeches from: Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]
Louise Haigh contributed 3 speeches (1,363 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport


Written Answers
Shipping: Crew
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of non-qualifying seafarers working on vessels in scope of the Seafarers Wages Act 2023; and when he plans to publish the updated impact assessment.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

In 2023, the Government passed the Seafarers’ Wages Act to address this issue. Based on data and assumptions used in the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 impact assessment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62e2aa8ed3bf7f75af0923d5/seafarers-wages-impact-assessment.pdf), the Department for Transport estimates that there are 9,400 non-qualifying seafarers working on vessels in scope of the Seafarers Wages Act 2023. A non-qualifying seafarer is defined as all other seafarers on vessels within scope of The Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023, that do not directly benefit from the policy, because it is estimated that they are not currently at risk of being paid below the National Minimum Wage equivalent (NMWe).

An updated version of the impact assessment will be published in due course.

Shipping: Minimum Wage
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on ships that regularly use UK ports who are paid less than the national minimum wage.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

In 2023, the Government passed the Seafarers’ Wages Act to address this issue. Based on data and assumptions used in the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 impact assessment (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62e2aa8ed3bf7f75af0923d5/seafarers-wages-impact-assessment.pdf), the Government’s most recent estimate is that 4,400 individuals working on services in scope of the Act (i.e. those working on international services calling at a UK port at least 120 times a year) may be being paid less than the UK national minimum wage. The secondary legislation that the Department is consulting on currently will bring the Act into force to address this issue.

Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Wednesday 6th March 2024

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department made payments to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World (i) for Departmental business travel and (ii) on Government Procurement Cards in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2024.

Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Neither the former Department for International Trade nor the Department for Business & Trade have made any payments of the types requested to P&O Ferries or DP World.

Carbon Emissions: Finance
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review, which policies were identified for receipt of core net zero spend funding from the £1 billion allocated to fund decarbonisation of cars and vans in the financial year 2024-25 at the time that Budget was published; how much funding each of those policies was due to receive; and whether any of those policies have been discontinued since 2021.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The £1 billion allocated to fund the decarbonisation of cars and vans for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review was allocated to a range of policies across the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (now the Department for Business and Trade).

For the Department for Transport, HM Treasury allocated £619m for policies relating to zero emission vehicles, electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and air quality.

This sum was subsequently allocated by the Department to specific policies, including the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund, the Rapid Charging Fund, the Plug-in Vehicle Grants, EV Homecharging Schemes, the Workplace Charging Scheme and the Joint Air Quality Unit’s NO2 programme. All grants are kept under continual review to ensure best value for money for the taxpayer.

The remaining funding (£333m) was allocated for the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy, for the electrification of UK vehicles and their supply chain, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme. This aims to support the creation of an internationally competitive EV supply chain in the UK, through research and development and capital investments.

Carbon Emissions: Finance
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport for the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding as been issued to each of those policy areas for the 2024-25 financial year.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The £1.8 billion allocated to the Department for Transport for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review supports net zero policies across zero emission vehicles (including buses) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, the bus transformation funding to support local authority Bus Service Improvement Plans, air quality improvement measures, active travel policies, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, Nexus Metrofleet in Newcastle, rail electrification, and the UK’s production of sustainable aviation fuel.

£333 million of the £1.8 billion was reallocated to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (now the Department for Business and Trade), for the electrification of UK vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme.

The Department’s business planning process for 2024-25 financial year remains ongoing and final plans will be published in due course as per standard practice.

Shipping: Crew
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry statistics, published by his Department on 22 February 2024, how many vessels belonging to members of the UK Chamber of Shipping were surveyed as part of the data collection process.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department of Transport commission the UK Chamber of Shipping to carry out the Seafarer Employment Survey of its membership, collecting information on the seafarers the companies employ. The survey is about seafarers, therefore data on the number of vessels belonging to members of the UK Chamber of Shipping was not collected as part of this survey.

Re-employment: Appeals
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunals in relation to fire and rehire practices that have found in favour of employees in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Fire and rehire claims are usually recorded under an unfair dismissal coding. From 01 January 2021 to date, there are more than 17,000 unfair dismissal judgments on the Employment Tribunal decisions register. To provide the information requested it would be at a disproportionate cost.

Re-employment: Tribunals
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunal cases concerning fire and rehire practices in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

It is not possible to provide the information requested without checking each claim at a disproportionate cost.

Shipping: Minimum Wage
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for for Business and Trade on enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 for seafarers working on (a) domestic shipping routes and (b) offshore oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.

Department for Transport: Defamation
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Ministerial Code also states, at paragraph 2.13: “The fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.” Paragraph 2.13 covers whether a minister has notified the Law Officers of a personal role in litigation.

Department for Transport: Written Questions
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Tuesday 12th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to Question 15694 on Department for Transport: DP World and P&O Ferries ,tabled by the Hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley on 26 February 2024 for answer on 29 February 2024.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

A response to PQ 15694 was provided on 8 March 2024.



MP Financial Interests
30th October 2023
Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Keolis (UK) Limited
Address of donor: 19-21 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8BA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For me and a member of staff, return travel via Eurostar, two nights' accommodation and internal travel, value £1,690.52
Destination of visit: Paris, France
Dates of visit: 12-14 February 2024
Purpose of visit: To see a public transport operator in Paris to see what they deliver and how it works.

Source
30th October 2023
Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Labour Together
Address of donor: Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London N2 8EY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A secondee provided via the central Labour Party to support me in my front bench role (Shadow Transport) between 5 February 2024 and 31 March 2024, value £11,978.70
Donor status: company, registration 09630980

Source
30th October 2023
Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: NBC Universal International
Address of donor: Central St Giles, St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8NU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket with hospitality to the BAFTAs, value £1,580
Date received: 15 February 2024
Date accepted: 15 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 04415234

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Louise Haigh mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]
79 speeches (18,725 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Commons Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) Friend the Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) mentioned, because a wide range of voices must - Link to Speech
2: Bill Esterson (Lab - Sefton Central) Friend the Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh) said, Labour welcomes and supports the broad principles - Link to Speech
3: Anthony Browne (Con - South Cambridgeshire) Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh), said that the Opposition support this legislation. - Link to Speech