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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
US Tariffs: Scotch Whisky

"Every bottle of Bowmore, Laphroaig, Ardmore, Glen Garioch and Auchentoshan malts are vatted, bottled and packaged by 200 skilled workers in Springburn in my constituency, so the impact of this could be devastating for that workforce. However, what was clear to me from a recent visit there was the symbiotic …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. Hundreds of WASPI women from across the country were in Parliament yesterday to protest at the spring statement, and they would like to know why the Government have not considered a special compensation scheme for women who have suffered severe detriment following the state pension change because they were …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of including human rights protections in new trade agreements. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am one of the 38 Co-operative MPs in this place. We are the third largest party in Parliament and we have a long-standing campaign against modern slavery. There is a particular need to emphasise any safeguards against modern slavery in our supply chains, which is an insidious aspect of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of provisions in the draft domestic abuse Bill to support women and children who do not have secure immigration status. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Feb 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"If the system is so effective, why does the Ubuntu women’s shelter in my constituency have to be the first charity in the UK to provide short-term accommodation for women with no recourse to public funds? Fleeing gender-based and domestic violence, they are denied access to homelessness, social security and …..."
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Written Question
Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information
Thursday 20th December 2018

Asked by: Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What recent steps his Department has taken to improve its response times to freedom of information requests.

Answered by Liam Fox

In our most recent Freedom of Information (FOI) statistical release my department answered 90% of FOI requests on time, including permitted extensions, in the third quarter of 2018.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"How many freedom of information requests has the Secretary of State’s Department withheld on grounds of cost?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
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"2. When the Government plan to launch the fund to support vulnerable women who want to return to work. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister think that the fund is resourced sufficiently to help with the huge roll-out of universal credit, which disproportionately impacts on women? That is especially so in my constituency of Glasgow North East, which will have the highest number of universal credit claimants in Scotland: more than 16,000. …..."
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