Written Question
Thursday 6th June 2019
Asked by:
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procurement policies his Department has put in place to ensure that (a) the Foreign Office and (b) UK embassies promote UK (i) ceramics and (b) manufacturing, specifically.
Answered by Alan Duncan
All procurement is guided by the Public Contracts Regulations and Cabinet Office guidance.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Feb 2019
Jammu and Kashmir
"This is the latest chapter in a horrendous story for the people of Kashmir, as I am sure the whole House agrees. What efforts is the Minister making to ensure that day-to-day communication with the diaspora community is ongoing so that they know what is happening to their friends and …..."Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 14th December 2017
Asked by:
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which suppliers his Department acquires its tableware.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Tableware used in Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK staff restaurants is supplied by Bidfood Catering Equipment. The range used is manufactured by Steelite International, a UK pottery based in Stoke-on-Trent.
Government Hospitality (GH) arranges formal ministerial business hospitality for all government departments and orders, manages and maintains its own stock of china, glass and linen. The State Dinner Service used by GH is a Wedgwood design, originally commissioned in the 1950s. Other items of china tableware currently held in stock were manufactured by Minton, Royal Crown Derby, Royal Worcester and Spode.
Embassies manage their own stocks of tableware locally and no central record is held of suppliers.
Written Question
Thursday 14th December 2017
Asked by:
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of tableware used in British embassies is supplied by manufacturers in the UK
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold data centrally on the suppliers of tableware to its overseas missions. To provide this information would incur disproportionate cost.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2017
Raqqa and Daesh
"I am sure that the whole House will agree with me when I offer my thanks and congratulations to all those people, and their families, who have served in Operation Shader. Given what we learned in Fallujah about the industrial use of improvised explosive devices in domestic property, can the …..."Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Jan 2017
Kashmir
"I am sorry to interrupt such an incredibly passionate speech. One thing the Government fail to recognise is the passion, worry and fear that our constituents, British citizens of Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri extraction, have about this issue. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Minister and the Government really need …..."Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"When I visited Iraq earlier this year with the Defence Committee, it was clear that we were moving much more slowly politically than we were militarily. What support is the Minister providing to Iraqi politicians more broadly to help to keep up with the military solutions as we progress in …..."Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 May 2016
Aleppo
"Together with the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr Gray), I was in Moscow last week, and one of the things I found most difficult was that we had no shared understanding of history or of language and diplomacy. I therefore find it incredibly concerning that we are talking in …..."Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - View Speech
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