Written Question
Monday 24th January 2022
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel on 21 October (HL Deb, col 252), what steps have they taken to (1) detect, or (2) require others to detect, the prevalence of Xinjiang Cotton in garments (a) manufactured in, or (b) imported into, the UK.
Answered by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
HM Government have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang. We advise all businesses with Xinjiang supply chain links to conduct appropriate due diligence to satisfy themselves that their activities do not support any violations or abuses.
We have committed to introduce financial penalties for non-compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act, which asks large businesses to report on how they are tackling forced labour in their operations and supply chains. More widely we are committed to ongoing discussions on cotton and trade related matters at the WTO and continue to update Overseas Business Risk guidance.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Jun 2021
Children: Care Homes
"My Lords, can the Minister say a little more about the decision for the new system not to proceed with formal police liaison with local authorities for out-of-area care? There are so many people involved in care, and the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, along with the College of …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Jun 2021
Covid-19: Children
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on her brilliant introduction. It was devastatingly analytical and, at the same time, incredibly positive.
All was not well before Covid-19. Since 2010, the Tory Government have been systematically attacking the poor and disadvantaged of all ages. The single fact that, since 2010, …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jun 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I agree very much with a lot of what the noble Baroness, Lady Stroud, has just said. But I shall be listening to the Minister respond—I hope—to the questions from the noble Lords, Lord Willetts and Lord Puttnam, and to the point that the noble Lord, Lord Layard, …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 May 2021
Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, I welcome both maiden speakers today and I wish the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth a long, happy and busy retirement away from the House.
It looks like another year lost for the reform of social care, and I make no apology for concentrating on that …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 11 Mar 2021
International Women’s Day
"My Lords, I watched the International Women’s Day address to the European Parliament by the New Zealand Prime Minister. She made some very clear points, including that
“Covid makes clear we are interdependent… no country is safe until all are safe…. the team is not five million New Zealanders but …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 28th February 2019
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received a request from the government of the United States to include access to (1) NHS supplies, and (2) the meat supply market in any future trade arrangements.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
Until the UK leaves the EU, we are bound by the Duty of Sincere Co-operation with the EU and, as such, the UK not yet entered into any negotiations with the United States on potential future trade agreements.
Protecting the National Health Service (NHS) is of the utmost importance to the UK. The NHS is protected by specific exceptions and reservations in EU trade agreements and as we leave the EU, the UK will continue to ensure that rigorous protections are included in any future trade agreement between the US and the UK.
We have also been clear that any future trade agreements must work for UK producers, businesses, and consumers, and uphold the UK’s high levels of food safety, animal welfare standards, and environmental protection.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Apr 2018
Secretary of State for International Trade: Visits
"Will the Minister remind the Secretary of State before he next visits the United States—which he been to more than once—that food poisoning cases per head of population in the United States are 10 times the figure in the UK? In 2016, 450 people in the United States died from …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
United States Tariffs: Steel and Aluminium
"I remind the Minister that the Secretary of State, whose Statement she has just repeated, has in the past, when talking about trade deals with the United States, mentioned agricultural products. Last week, President Trump—in one of his tweets; not in an official government statement—also linked agricultural products with the …..."Lord Rooker - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 12th April 2017
Asked by:
Lord Rooker (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 28 March (HL6075), when Baroness Mobarik expects to follow up her commitment made in her answer on 24 January (HL Deb, col 551) to provide written information on the percentage of companies in the UK that the Department for International Trade has been dealing with which are owned outside the UK.
Answered by Lord Price
The Department for International Trade supports companies exporting products from the UK. The ownership structure of those companies is not recorded.