Explanatory note: International Labour Organisation (ILO), Biological Hazards in the Working Environment Convention (No. 192) and supporting Biological Hazards in the Working Environment Recommendation (No. 209), adopted at the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2025. Incl. annex. 25p.

Explanatory note: International Labour Organisation (ILO), Biological Hazards in the Working Environment Convention (No. 192) and supporting Biological Hazards in the Working Environment Recommendation (No. 209), adopted at the 113th Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2025. Incl. annex. 25p.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the expected contribution to the International Labour Organisation in 2025-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the expected contribution to the International Labour Organisation in 2025-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to continue funding the International Labour Organisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to continue funding the International Labour Organisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of the £50 million funding given to the International Labour Organisation since 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the value for money of the £50 million funding given to the International Labour Organisation since 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to consult maritime trade unions ahead of the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on 7-11 April.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to consult maritime trade unions ahead of the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on 7-11 April.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government delegation to the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on 7-11 April will be announced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government delegation to the fifth meeting of the Special Tripartite Committee of the Maritime Labour Convention at the International Labour Organization in Geneva on 7-11 April will be announced.

I. Letter dated 16/12/2024 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding International Labour Organization recommendation regarding quality apprenticeships. 1p. II. International Labour Organization. Recommendation concerning quality apprenticeships (16 June 2023). 8p.

I. Letter dated 16/12/2024 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding International Labour Organization recommendation regarding quality apprenticeships. 1p. II. International Labour Organization. Recommendation concerning quality apprenticeships (16 June 2023). 8p.

Letter dated 13/11/2024 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Baroness Randerson regarding response to question regarding the transposition of international maritime law into British legislation, as raised during a parliamentary question on MV “Ruby”: ammonium nitrate.

Letter dated 13/11/2024 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Baroness Randerson regarding response to question regarding the transposition of international maritime law into British legislation, as raised during a parliamentary question on MV “Ruby”: ammonium nitrate.

It is with great pleasure that I rise to give my maiden speech as we speak to this Bill, which aims to boost international trade and economic growth. Stimulating growth and trade is vital to my constituents in Kingswood, as it creates new jobs and is ultimately about how we...

It is with great pleasure that I rise to give my maiden speech as we speak to this Bill, which aims to boost international trade and economic growth. Stimulating growth and trade is vital to my constituents in Kingswood, as it creates new jobs and is ultimately about how we...

Consideration of Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee. New clause 1 (Report: accession of states to the CPTPP), discussed with new clauses 2 to 13, and an amendment. New clause 1 debated and withdrawn. New clause 4 (Report: accession of new states to the CPTPP) negatived on division (224 votes to 301). New clause 5 (Review: Investor-State Dispute Settlement) negatived on division (217 votes to 305). New clause 10 (Report on economic impact of implementation of CPTPP) negatived on division (218 votes to 305). New clause 12 (Impact assessment: UK performers’ rights) negatived on division (219 votes to 306). Third reading agreed to on question and the Bill passed.

Consideration of Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee. New clause 1 (Report: accession of states to the CPTPP), discussed with new clauses 2 to 13, and an amendment. New clause 1 debated and withdrawn. New clause 4 (Report: accession of new states to the CPTPP) negatived on division...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

It is a pleasure to speak to new clause 1, which is signed by a cross-party group of MPs who all believe that Parliament should have the right to scrutinise trade deals. It seeks to ensure appropriate parliamentary scrutiny of the UK’s position toward the accession of economies that are...

It is a pleasure to speak to new clause 1, which is signed by a cross-party group of MPs who all believe that Parliament should have the right to scrutinise trade deals. It seeks to ensure appropriate parliamentary scrutiny of the UK’s position toward the accession of economies that are...

I thank my right hon. Friend for introducing the new clause. Some of us have been arguing for parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals for the last four years. There is a mechanism in the form of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Is that not the better vehicle, because...

I thank my right hon. Friend for introducing the new clause. Some of us have been arguing for parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals for the last four years. There is a mechanism in the form of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Is that not the better vehicle, because...

I will come to that in a minute, because it does not, and that is the whole point of the new clause. In the 2023 integrated review refresh, the countries defined as threats were Russia, Iran and North Korea, while China was designated a systemic challenge. The new clause does...

I will come to that in a minute, because it does not, and that is the whole point of the new clause. In the 2023 integrated review refresh, the countries defined as threats were Russia, Iran and North Korea, while China was designated a systemic challenge. The new clause does...

I completely understand the point my right hon. Friend is trying to make, but one of the interesting things about being a

member of CPTPP is that countries then have a power of veto. That gives us quite a lot of strength to potentially prevent China from joining.

I completely understand the point my right hon. Friend is trying to make, but one of the interesting things about being a

member of CPTPP is that countries then have a power of veto. That gives us quite a lot of strength to potentially prevent China from joining.

I enjoy the idea that my hon. Friend puts such trust in Government never to take other arrangements into consideration. We know how that works. It will be fine today with my right hon. Friend the Minister here, but there may be others in charge in future, and I am...

I enjoy the idea that my hon. Friend puts such trust in Government never to take other arrangements into consideration. We know how that works. It will be fine today with my right hon. Friend the Minister here, but there may be others in charge in future, and I am...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and for this new clause. Was he as surprised as I was that when we asked the Secretary of State whether she would block China’s accession to CPTPP she was unable to give us an unequivocal answer?

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way and for this new clause. Was he as surprised as I was that when we asked the Secretary of State whether she would block China’s accession to CPTPP she was unable to give us an unequivocal answer?

I think the right hon. Gentleman makes my point. I sat in Government and all I can say to him is that one cannot always say that Ministers will necessarily do the right thing; rather, they will do the right thing by the Government, which is sometimes not the same....

I think the right hon. Gentleman makes my point. I sat in Government and all I can say to him is that one cannot always say that Ministers will necessarily do the right thing; rather, they will do the right thing by the Government, which is sometimes not the same....

I have just returned from leading a parliamentary delegation to Lithuania, where my right hon. Friend was talked about by many Lithuanian politicians. They mentioned the leading role he is taking in warning western democracies about the conduct of the Chinese Communist Government. Does my right hon. Friend agree that...

I have just returned from leading a parliamentary delegation to Lithuania, where my right hon. Friend was talked about by many Lithuanian politicians. They mentioned the leading role he is taking in warning western democracies about the conduct of the Chinese Communist Government. Does my right hon. Friend agree that...