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Written Question
Employment: Disability
Wednesday 9th February 2022

Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham North)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) encourage and support workplace disability networks, (b) achieve and maintain the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensure responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) develop and embed flexible working.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports our Disability Network by delivering against shared priorities in the Inclusion Framework, focusing on recruitment, building capability and raising awareness.

DIT and UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) level three (the highest level) Disability Confident accreditation was reaccredited in December 2020 and February 2021 respectively. To maintain the level 3 accreditation, DIT has developed Disability Confident training which is currently being rolled out.

DIT and UKEF have workplace adjustment policies and have access to the Civil Service Workplace Adjustment Service (CSWAS), an Occupational Health provider and an in-house advisory team to ensure timely end-to-end support.

The Department’s policies promote flexible working patterns (including Hybrid Working) to support individual needs, including disability-related adjustments and workplace adjustment passports.

Written Question
Trade Agreements: Environment Protection
Thursday 8th October 2020

Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham North)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What discussions she has had with UK trade partners on maintaining environmental protection standards in trade agreements.

Answered by Ranil Jayawardena

HM Government is committed to meeting its ambitious environmental objectives, as we demonstrated last year by becoming the first major country to enshrine our Net Zero commitment into legislation.

We're?exploring?environmental provisions?in the design of our Free Trade Agreements to secure Britain’s high environmental standards.?Of course, the precise details of free trade agreements are a matter for?the?formal?negotiations. We will lay the full treaty text before Parliament at the end of the negotiations to enable proper scrutiny.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
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"16. What recent steps she has taken to support businesses trading internationally that are affected by the covid-19 pandemic. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 May 2020
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"For British companies that trade overseas, the one thing guaranteed to make a very bad situation even worse would be the loss of free frictionless trade with the rest of the EU at the end of the year, so will the Minister reassure UK firms that the top priority when …..."
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Written Question
Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
Thursday 5th September 2019

Asked by: Vicky Foxcroft (Labour - Lewisham North)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reasons she invited a delegation from Hong Kong to the Defence and Security Equipment International arms fair; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The reason any country is invited to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition is because it brings together manufacturers of defence and security equipment and prospective purchasers. It provides an opportunity for UK industry to demonstrate the wide range of products to potential overseas customers.

Hong Kong has recently confirmed that it is not attending.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"3. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving training for frontline medical staff to help identify domestic abuse. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"According to Women’s Aid’s “Survival and Beyond” report, 54% of women experiencing sexual and physical abuse meet the criteria for at least one common mental health disorder. I note what the Minister says about training, but what specific domestic abuse training is the Department considering to ensure that it actually …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
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"7. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on a long-term public health strategy to help prevent domestic abuse. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
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"I welcome last week’s debate on the public health approach to tackling youth violence. Domestic violence can be a key trigger of trauma in young people’s lives, and they need this strategy to be published and properly funded as soon as possible. May I urge the Minister, who is also …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Dec 2018
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"T5. I have a very vulnerable constituent who was kidnapped and raped abroad and then had to stay in the country for the trial. She has now returned home to the UK, but has been refused benefits after failing the habitual residence test. Will the Minister speak to her ministerial …..."
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