The first evidence session of the Inquiry into supply chains and modern slavery - by the Joint Committee on Human Rights - will take place at 2.15 pm 22 January 2025 in the UK Parliament - "Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains" - Oral evidence from Rahima Mahmut, UK Director at World Uyghur Congress, Michael Rudin, Executive Producer, BBC Eye Investigations at BBC, Professor Alexander Trautrims Associate Director at Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham -Watch the Proceedings: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/cc76fda6-914f-4d04-93cd-5a02d9421d17 2025-01-18
Government promises a "reprioritising of resources" in response to requests to take urgent action to assist hospitals which have had to declare critical incidents - with some A & E units, like the A and E unit at Liverpool Royal Hospital, facing delays of 50 hours to see A and E patients. 2025-01-18
Syria -we may hope for the best while preparing for the worst - and be realistic about Syria’s rebel leader, who is no moderate- David Adesnik and Bill Roggio paint a disturbing picture in the Wall Street Journal. Another Jihadist state is the last thing the world needs. 2025-01-04
Does hope spring eternal? GIS essay:" It is easy to become dismayed by the scale of suffering in the world – but small acts of hope change people’s lives for the better every day." 2024-12-27
Ukraine: parliamentary replies on bringing the aggressor to justice: Government quizzed on steps they are taking for the creation of a special tribunal on the crime of aggression following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; ensuring that it has sufficient legitimacy and is international in character; and whether it is their policy that the issue of personal immunities should to be decided by judges in line with international law 2024-12-26
2024 - Wishing you the happiest of Christmases and a peaceful and productive new year. A selection of carols and poems. 2024-12-24
Christmas Reflection 2024 - a selection of interventions, speeches, articles, reports: that was the year that was.... 2024-12-23
Government admits it has "not carried out an assessment of the number of university scholarships or bursaries available to prospective students on British National (Overseas) visas" or "made an assessment on the number of international students that have successfully had their fees waived." 2024-12-20
Drax: Minister says "Ofgem’s recent investigation found that whilst Drax complied with sustainability standards, it had failed to report data accurately. This is a serious matter and the Government expects full compliance with all regulatory obligations." 2024-12-20
Government responds to questions about what assessment they have made of media reports that puréed tomatoes produced by Uyghur slave labour in Xinjiang are sold in UK supermarkets as having been produced in Italy; and what steps they are taking to require products produced in a state accused of genocide and slave labour to be labelled as such. 2024-12-20
Answers to Questions about Border Force officials and the confiscation of illegal bush meat products at ports of entry to the UK since 2019; where and when the confiscations occurred; which species were confiscated a) bushmeat b) other illegal, non-compliant or contaminated meat products - and linked questions. 2024-12-20
House of Lords Debate: The policy towards China especially in relation to human rights and security. 20th December 2024 2024-12-20
Question asking Government what action they are taking to ensure that there is always a dedicated person or point of contact in the workplace to support colleagues with Down syndrome 2024-12-17
Written Question tabled on December 2nd asking what consideration the Government has given to designating China as a specific foreign power in the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme; Oral Questions on December 17th about (1)the 40,000 members of the United Front Work Department who have penetrated "every sector of the UK economy; and (2)solar panels being bought by the UK that have been made in a state accused by the House of Commons of committing genocide and using slave labour in the Muslim areas of Xinjiang. 2024-12-17
Government response to a question asking what assessment they have made of the implications of the Electronic Travel Authorisation for British National (Overseas) passport holders who may urgently need to leave Hong Kong. 2024-12-17
