Protective Clothing: Contracts
(asked on 9th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Uighur forced labour was used in the production of personal protective equipment purchased by the UK from Medwell Medical Products; and what plans they have to implement due diligence checks to ensure that items purchased by the UK have not been produced using such forced labour.
The masks produced by Medwell Medical Products are marked as part of a donation from Mail Force Charity, a charity supported by the Daily Mail newspaper to solicit donations from the public to be used to purchase PPE from a variety of sources. These masks were procured through an intermediary who Mail Force had no direct dealings with. Of the 22 million masks supplied by the Mail Force Charity, only a small fraction of these were associated with Medwell.
Government guidance advises public sector contracting authorities on how to assess suppliers in terms of mitigating the risk of modern slavery. Contracts are normally placed in line with Departmental terms and conditions which include clauses requiring Good Industry Practice to ensure that there is no slavery or human trafficking in supply chains. In the event that allegations of modern slavery are substantiated in relation to a Departmental supplier, we will consider all available options.
1. Buyers and suppliers of personal protective equipment (PPE)
25/05/2021 - Home Office
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Found: publication has been commissioned by the UK Home Office and has been
produced by Impactt Limited, a business and
2. Generic risk assessment 3.5: fighting fires in farms
31/03/2020 - Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
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Found: V0_1.indd 122/10/09 09:59:51
Generic Risk Assessment 3.5
Fighting ˜res in farms
June 2011
London:
3. Timber regulations: guidance
04/02/2021 - Office for Product Safety and Standards
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Found: and Timber Products (Placing on the
Market) Regulations 2013, as amended
Guidance
on the
UK Timber
4. Letter to Notified Bodies of PPE market surveillance and conformity assessment
27/03/2020 - Office for Product Safety and Standards
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Found: Enquiries: +44 (0)121 345 1201
BSI
Assurance
UK
Ltd
SGS
United
Kingdom
Limited
SATRA
5. Report - The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic
25/11/2020 - National Audit Office
Found: Health & Social Care
The supply of personal
protective equipment (PPE)
during the COVID-19 pandemic
1. Covid-19: NAO Report on Government Procurement
09/12/2020 - Westminster Hall
1: openDemocracy, The Guardian and The Sunday Times; and the UK Anti-Corruption Coalition. By chance, today’s - Speech Link
2: contract for £122 million for single-use disposable medical robes, which it was going to import. The contract - Speech Link
3: risks that should be considered as a result of using direct awards. The usual Cabinet Office spending - Speech Link
2. Covid Contracts: Judicial Review
24/02/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: (Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the - Speech Link
2: do that, we have had to expand our personal protective equipment supply chain—it has gone from supplying - Speech Link
3: Now that the Government have lost in court, I ask the Minister: what was the cost to taxpayers of fighting - Speech Link
3. Uyghur Slave Labour: Xinjiang
16/12/2020 - Commons Chamber
1: (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs - Speech Link
2: credible; it is growing and it is deeply troubling to the UK Government. Yesterday’s media reporting, based in - Speech Link
4. Covid-19: Contracts and Mass Testing Programme
04/11/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: placed for the purchase of (1) personal protective equipment, and (2) the mass Covid-19 testing programme - Speech Link
2: regulations in cases of extreme urgency—has been used in the great majority of these cases. I reassure - Speech Link
3: met with Meller Designs, which provides beauty products. It is owned by a man who was the finance chief - Speech Link
5. Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test Device Approvals) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
20/07/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: insert “that this House welcomes that the draft Medical Devices (Coronavirus Test Device Approvals) (Amendment) - Speech Link
2: that people could subsequently be charged under plans being considered by the Government. The Minister’s - Speech Link