Information between 5th December 2024 - 25th December 2024
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Friday 24th January 2025 Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber Subject: Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill: Second Reading Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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9 Dec 2024 - Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 335 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 340 |
10 Dec 2024 - Delegated Legislation - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 339 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 424 Noes - 106 |
10 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 327 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 340 |
10 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 345 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 184 Noes - 359 |
10 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 341 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 350 |
17 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 345 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 354 Noes - 202 |
17 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 346 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 353 |
17 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 345 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 352 |
17 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 347 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 206 Noes - 353 |
17 Dec 2024 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 346 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 351 |
11 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 311 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 170 |
11 Dec 2024 - Trade - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 375 Noes - 9 |
11 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 313 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 170 |
11 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 302 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 313 |
11 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 303 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 314 |
11 Dec 2024 - Finance Bill - View Vote Context Sarah Champion voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 310 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 329 |
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Sarah Champion speeches from: Business of the House
Sarah Champion contributed 1 speech (68 words) Thursday 12th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House |
Sarah Champion speeches from: Syria
Sarah Champion contributed 1 speech (110 words) Monday 9th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Friday 6th December 2024 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the aid provided by his Department in response to the conflict in Sudan will be allocated to the UN in the 2024-25 financial year. Answered by Anneliese Dodds - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The UK is continuing to respond to the catastrophic situation in Sudan and assist those most in need, largely through funding key UN partners. The UK recently announced a further £113 million of aid to support over a million people affected by the violence in Sudan, and displaced across the region including to South Sudan, Chad and Uganda. With this announcement, the UK has doubled our aid to £226.5 million. A large majority of UK funding is allocated to key UN agencies such as the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide assorted food commodities to those most in need, and UNICEF to provide life-saving food assistance particularly in hard-to reach areas in Sudan, including nutrition and water. |
Solar Power: Supply Chains
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Thursday 12th December 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with refence to the oral contribution of 6 November 2024 by the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security, Official Report column 70WH, how the solar stewardship initiative will support the delivery of the solar roadmap. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Solar Roadmap will set out the Government’s solar deployment ambitions as part of its mission to achieve Clean Power by 2030. It will outline the actions required to develop resilient, sustainable, innovative, and free from forced labour supply chains.
The UK’s main solar industry trade association – Solar Energy UK, who co-chair the Solar Taskforce - is leading the industry’s response on this matter by developing and launching the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI), in partnership with Solar Power Europe. Members of the SSI have committed to applying its traceability standards and audits, while encouraging its adoption throughout their supply chain. |
Food: Labelling
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Thursday 12th December 2024 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the BBC Eye Investigation televised on 2 December 2024, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Tesco, (b) Waitrose, (c) Asda and (b) Morrisons on product labelling. Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for general product labelling on food products and the Department for Business and Trade works closely with them on this issue. The Government has high standards regarding the information provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food they buy. No company in the UK should have forced labour in its supply chain. The Government expects businesses to respect human rights and the environment throughout their supply chain in line with the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct, the UN Guiding Principles, and the Modern Slavery Act 2015. I have written to the supermarkets concerned to request a full account of the allegations raised in the BBC Panorama documentary and the steps they are taking to investigate. |
Solar Taskforce
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Tuesday 17th December 2024 Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16151 on Energy: Supply Chains, whether his Department is taking steps to include (a) trade unions and (b) civil society in the solar taskforce. Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) The Solar Taskforce is working towards the publication of the Solar Roadmap in Spring 2025. This will outline the actions required to develop supply chains that are resilient, sustainable, innovative, and free from forced labour. Solar Energy UK, the solar industry trade association that co-chairs the Taskforce, is leading the industry response on this matter by developing and launching the Solar Stewardship Initiative, in partnership with Solar Power Europe. As part of this work, members of the Taskforce are engaging with relevant civil society groups and trade unions. |
Slavery: Victims
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Tuesday 10th December 2024 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Minister of State in her Department during the Ninth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Victims and Prisoners Bill on 4 July 2023, Official Report column 310, and to correspondence on the timetable for implementation of the duty on public authorities to collaborate under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, published on 5 November 2024, whether (a) the guidance to be developed under this implementation process will clarify that modern slavery victims (i) can and (ii) are likely to be covered by the duty and (b) stakeholders involved in supporting victims of modern slavery will be included in the consultation process. Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) The duty to collaborate, as set out in sections 13-14 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, will, once in force, require local policing bodies, local authorities and integrated care boards to collaborate when commissioning services for victims of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and serious violence in England. Collaboration in relation to the commissioning of services for victims of modern slavery will be required under the duty where the crime amounts to serious violence, including the threat of violence and violence against property (see section 13(7) of the 2024 Act). The statutory guidance on the duty issued pursuant to section 15 will make this clear and will be consulted on in early 2025, in accordance with section 15(2). The Ministry of Justice has engaged with stakeholders involved in supporting victims of modern slavery during the development of the draft guidance and will continue to do so during consultation. |
Food: Labelling
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Tuesday 10th December 2024 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 make an assessment of the potential merits of extending food labelling legislation so that sourcing information of ingredients is required on pre-packed food and drink products. Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. The fundamental principle of food labelling rules is that information provided to the consumer must not mislead and must enable consumers to make informed decisions.
Country of origin information is required for fresh and frozen meat of beef cattle, sheep, goat, pigs and poultry, as well as uncut fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, olive oil, wine and some fish products. It is also required for all prepacked food where its omission would be misleading to consumers.
Additional labelling rules apply for foods with primary ingredients. For processed food, where the origin of the primary ingredient is different to that of the food itself and the origin of the food is given, an indication that the origin of the primary ingredient is different must also be provided, for example 'British cheese made with milk from Ireland.’
In any case, where an origin or provenance is given or indicated including when provided voluntarily this must always be accurate. |
Deserts
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Thursday 19th December 2024 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of progress made towards tackling desertification at the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nation Convention to Combat Desertification. Answered by Anneliese Dodds - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) COP16 was the biggest and most inclusive Desertification COP to date. It marked a significant milestone, raising global ambition and mobilising finance to strengthen drought resilience, restore degraded land and combat desertification: issues critically interlinked with the UK's international development, climate and nature goals. We welcome the leadership the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia COP16 Presidency has shown in elevating these critical issues. Many important outcomes were achieved at UNCCD COP16, including over $12 billion announced to support UNCCD issues over the next decade, and the launch of the Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership to scale support for vulnerable countries. There is further to go, including reaching an agreed global approach on drought resilience, that drives ambition, progress and delivery. The UK is committed to supporting vulnerable countries to build resilience and scale action on drought, desertification, water security, and land degradation. Our £11.6 billion International Climate Finance commitment includes £1.5 billion for adaptation in 2025 - a tripling from 2019 levels. This includes an initial investment in the Resilience and Adaptation Fund, which will help hundreds of thousands of vulnerable families across the world secure better access to food, water and productive land. |
Animal Experiments
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Monday 23rd December 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and (b) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on (i) coordinated action to deliver the phase out of animal testing and (ii) the potential merits of establishing a cross-Government taskforce. Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) This Government has made a commitment to the development of alternative methodologies to the use of animals in science and Lord Hanson has held discussions on the delivery of that commitment with Ministers for the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The plan we develop will maintain the UK’s place at the forefront of science development and innovation. In the limited circumstances where there is no animal alternative and procedures are required to deliver important benefits to people, the environment, and other animals then we deliver robust, rigorous and trustworthy regulation of those procedures. The Home Office assures that, in every research proposal: animals are replaced with non-animal alternatives wherever possible; that experiments are appropriate designed and analysed experiments that are robust, reproducible, and add to the knowledge base; and that we assure the methodologies use the latest technologies to minimise pain, suffering and distress and improve understanding of the impact of welfare on scientific outcomes. |
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Public Procurement (British Goods and Services) Bill 2024-26
Presented by Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham) Private Members' Bill - Presentation Bill A Bill to make provision about public procurement in respect of British goods and services; and for connected purposes.
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Post Office Redress and Funding
37 speeches (6,207 words) Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Gareth Thomas (LAB - Harrow West) Procurement (British Goods and Services) BillPresentation and First Reading (Standing Order No. 57)Sarah Champion - Link to Speech |
Office of the Whistleblower
2 speeches (1,416 words) 1st reading Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) backs.Question put and agreed to.Ordered,That Gareth Snell, Liam Byrne, Robin Swann, Richard Foord, Sarah Champion - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 19th December 2024 2 p.m. Liaison Committee (Commons) - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Prime Minister View calendar |
Tuesday 7th January 2025 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The development work of the FCDO At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE - Board member and Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP - Minister of State for Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar |
Monday 16th December 2024 4 p.m. National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) - Private Meeting View calendar |
Tuesday 7th January 2025 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The development work of the FCDO At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE - Board member and Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP - Minister of State for Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Melinda Bohannon - Director General, Humanitarian and Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar |
Tuesday 7th January 2025 1 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The development work of the FCDO At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE - Board member and Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP - Minister of State for Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Melinda Bohannon - Director General, Humanitarian and Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar |
Tuesday 7th January 2025 1 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The development work of the FCDO At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE - Board member and Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Nick Dyer - Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Corin Robertson - Director General, Finance and Corporate at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office At 3:15pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP - Minister of State for Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Melinda Bohannon - Director General, Humanitarian and Development at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
Tuesday 21st January 2025 6 p.m. Liaison Committee (Commons) - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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9 Dec 2024
The FCDO's approach to displaced people International Development Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 21 Jan 2025) 2024 saw a continuing rise in global displacement, with at least 117.3 million people forced to flee their homes, including nearly 43.4 million refugees, around 40% of whom are under the age of 18. These vast movements of peoples, and the associated costs and disruptions, can cause significant problems in host countries. Building on the work on long-term refugees by the previous Committee, the Committee intends to look at the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance spending on a range of activity aimed at supporting displaced people across the globe. A major topic of the inquiry will be the FCDO’s consideration of civilians at the beginning of conflicts, and whether the appropriate support and assistance is offered. Furthermore, the Committee will investigate the effectiveness of ODA spending on support for people displaced by climate disasters. The Conflict, Security and Stability Fund, now replaced by the Integrated Security Fund, was intended to consider these issues, but questions remain about its effectiveness. Integral to the Committee’s inquiry will be consideration of the drivers that force people to flee and what forms of early intervention work to prevent displacement. Once people become displaced, the Committee wants to examine what happens to them as they leave home and how their return home is facilitated. Across all of this, the Committee will consider whether what the UK Government is currently doing to keep displaced people safe is working. The Committee is also interested in the value for money of ODA spent on housing displaced people within the UK. Finally, the Committee will evaluate Government progress against the recommendations made by the Committee in its May 2023 Report, “UK aid for refugee host countries”, including on Government support for host countries of long-term refugees, such as Jordan. Join the conversation on X using @CommonsIDC |