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Westminster Hall
Small Abattoirs - Thu 08 May 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) One in four food and drink workers are due to retire within the next year, while the average age of a - Speech Link
2: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) I thank the Brighton and Hove food partnership and the Wealden food partnership for their local research - Speech Link
3: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) , rural economies and national food strategy. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trade Negotiations - Tue 06 May 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Douglas Alexander (LAB - Lothian East) We have brokered a deal that protects our NHS and upholds our high food standards. - Speech Link
2: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) Will it really be 20% cheaper for businesses in the UK to hire Indian workers than British workers? - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) its own tax on UK workers. - Speech Link
4: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) Can the Minister confirm that this agreement will make Indian migrant workers in Britain cheaper to employ - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 01 May 2025
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Lab - Life peer) The Food Foundation tells us that 18% of households with children are currently experiencing food insecurity—that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) The value of the vouchers has not kept up with food inflation, and this must change. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Devolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 25 Apr 2025
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Deirdre Costigan (Lab - Ealing Southall) Does he agree that his party would be better off looking at addressing those issues to attract workers - Speech Link
2: Richard Quigley (Lab - Isle of Wight West) It can bring new energy to struggling areas, provide vital workers and enrich our communities. - Speech Link
3: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) We want to ensure that businesses are helped to hire domestic workers first. - Speech Link
4: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) The current system allows flexibility and freedom for migrant workers to apply for alternative employment - Speech Link
5: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) workers, which would do nothing to resolve the long-term causes of depopulation. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee Report - Fri 28 Mar 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) but be inspected by the Care Quality Commission before they are allowed to sponsor overseas care workers - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) and which were treating their workers badly. - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) to first try to recruit from a local pool of migrant care workers who seek employment due to no longer - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) County lines is just one example, and care workers are being treated as agricultural workers have been - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
European Union: UK Membership - Mon 24 Mar 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Mike Martin (LD - Tunbridge Wells) trade deal, but we do not need to look hard to see our farmers’ anger and ire about the changes to food - Speech Link
2: Sean Woodcock (Lab - Banbury) When I spoke to workers alongside my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) The border operating model is adding billions of pounds to the cost of food in this country. - Speech Link
4: Steve Witherden (Lab - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr) It is central to our economy, our food security and the preservation of our stunning countryside. - Speech Link
5: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Food and drink inflation in 2023 was at a 45-year high, with food prices up by almost 25 percentage points - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Twelfth sitting) - Tue 18 Mar 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) What do the Liberal Democrats believe should happen if the authorities believe a migrant who is claiming - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) If the Government believe in the £38,700 amount for skilled workers to obtain a visa, why would that - Speech Link
3: Pete Wishart (SNP - Perth and Kinross-shire) Many industries, including healthcare, hospitality and retail have workers earning below that level. - Speech Link
4: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) Might she please commit today to a date by which the Home Office at least aims for all migrant hotels - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 17 Mar 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Joshua Reynolds (LD - Maidenhead) A BMJ study found that people in food poverty have diets with worse health outcomes including more fat - Speech Link
2: Deirdre Costigan (Lab - Ealing Southall) Mr Speaker, and all your team.The disability employment gap stands at 30% and countless disabled workers - Speech Link
3: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) dispersed rural communities such as mine, but also taking practical steps to tackle poverty among migrant - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Department watch out for this trend in its data, in case it was not the Government’s intention to make workers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Mental Health Support: Educational Settings - Thu 13 Mar 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) When they approach me on a visit, when I am food shopping in Tesco or at one of my surgeries, they display - Speech Link
2: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) people, those with physical or long-term conditions, young carers, children in care, and refugee and migrant - Speech Link
3: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) Government will put in place the new Young Futures hubs, including access to mental health support workers - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Integration and Community Cohesion - Thu 13 Mar 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) With his friends, he founded the Indian Workers’ Association to be the bridge between the unions and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hazarika (Lab - Life peer) In return, my dad cooked them delicious Indian food and they learned about his life. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) I even saw them running wonderful community food banks, helping all their communities. - Speech Link