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Division Vote (Commons)
10 Dec 2025 - Seasonal Work - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 312 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 98
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 316 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 332
Division Vote (Commons)
9 Dec 2025 - Railways Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 314 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 329 Noes - 173
Written Question
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Domestic Abuse
Tuesday 9th December 2025

Asked by: Jess Asato (Labour - Lowestoft)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has (a) implemented a domestic abuse policy for staff and (b) trained line managers to effectively respond to staff who are experiencing domestic abuse.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Defra has implemented employee and manager guidance for domestic abuse. The guidance offers support for

  • those experiencing domestic abuse
  • those who may have witnessed, or who may be supporting or managing a colleague affected by domestic abuse
  • those who may have been accused of domestic abuse

All employees and managers must hold regular one-to-one meetings to ensure personal and wellbeing needs are met and that access to the Employee Assistance Programme is clear and available.

Additional training is available on the internal Learning Hub and covers key leadership and management skills such as effective communication, handling sensitive conversations, supporting wellbeing, and managing people issues.

Once available, we will promote the take-up of the training product for managers currently being developed by the Cabinet Office.

Written Question
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Domestic Abuse
Monday 8th December 2025

Asked by: Jess Asato (Labour - Lowestoft)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has (a) implemented a domestic abuse policy for staff and (b) trained line managers to effectively respond to staff who are experiencing domestic abuse.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

DCMS is committed to supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse.

Our domestic abuse charter provides comprehensive advice to employees and their managers including how to identify abuse, actions to take, and links to organisations providing advice and support.

There is currently no dedicated line manager training on responding to domestic abuse. A training product for managers is currently under development in the Cabinet Office. Once available, we will promote the take-up of this training product in our department.

Division Vote (Commons)
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 308 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 96
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 327 Noes - 162
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 309 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 162
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 305 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 395 Noes - 98
Division Vote (Commons)
8 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Jess Asato (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 294 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 300 Noes - 96