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  • Chris Williamson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Chris Williamson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2015-02-10.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Government response to the Consultation on the review of section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, published in May 2014; and if it remains her intention for any amendments to the legislation arising from the consultation to be made before the dissolution of Parliament.

    Lynne Featherstone

    The consultation on revising Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 has now concluded. Draft proposals are with other Government departments for consideration and I intend to make an announcement in due course.

  • Chris Williamson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Chris Williamson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2015-02-09.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which department has lead responsibility for international counter-narcotics policy.

    Lynne Featherstone

    The Home Office has lead responsibility for international counter-narcotics policy, working closely with a range of other departments and agencies including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the National Crime Agency and the Department for International Development.

  • Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2014-03-13.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which responsibilities for tackling animal welfare crimes are managed by (a) her Department and (b) non-governmental organisations.

    Norman Baker

    The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is the lead Government department for policy and legislation in relation to animal welfare, including offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The police and local authorities have powers to enforce that Act, but any person or organisation (such as the RSPCA) can initiate criminal proceedings under it.

    In addition to the Government’s funding for individual police forces to tackle all types of crime, including wildlife crime, the Home Office and DEFRA both contribute funding to support the work of the National Wildlife Crime Unit, the national police unit dedicated to tackling wildlife crime. And where wildlife crimes are sufficiently serious, organised or complex, the National Crime Agency will ensure that partners across the law enforcement community benefit from its coordination, tasking and intelligence arrangements, as well as being able to access its specialist capabilities. Furthermore, the Home Office plays a key role in the Government’s efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade, which is a serious transnational criminal industry worth billions of pounds each year. I was therefore pleased that, at the recent London Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference which I attended, world leaders from over forty countries made a commitment to eradicate the trade.

    The Home Office also regulates the use of living animals in scientific procedures in England, Scotland and Wales under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

  • Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2014-04-03.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency are responsible for (a) driver and (b) operator compliance in the bus industry.

    Stephen Hammond

    It is not possible to determine the number of roles within the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) that are responsible for (a) driver and (b) operator compliance in the bus industry, as it forms only a part of a number of roles within the Agency. However, for the financial year of 2014/15, DVSA is budgeted to provide over 38 man-years of resource on the enforcement of the bus industry, for deployment of tasks such as roadworthiness checks, visits to licensed operators and bus operator account management.

  • Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2014-05-01.

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will stop requesting that government departments review their arrangements regarding employees paying their trade union subscriptions using check-off.

    Mr Francis Maude

    It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation

  • Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2014-04-30.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that a war widow’s pension is provided for life to those awarded such a pension between 31 March 1973 and 5 April 2005.

    Anna Soubry

    It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

  • Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2014-06-04.

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential costs and benefits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to those in the US Servicemen’s Readjustment Act 1944.

    Anna Soubry

    We have made no assessment of legislative proposals along these lines. We have robust measures in place to prepare our Service personnel for civilian employment as well as addressing any accommodation, welfare, health and domestic needs and concerns. As Lord Ashcroft highlighted in his recent review of transition arrangements, these measures ensure that the vast majority of Service leavers make a successful transition to civilian life.

    All Service leavers are entitled to resettlement assistance from the Ministry of Defence funded Career Transition Partnership (CTP), and around 85% of those who use the CTP are employed within six months of leaving. In addition, all Service leavers are entitled to housing and financial advice and, through the Officers Association or the Regular Forces Employment Association, lifetime job finding support.

    While in Service, our personnel can receive skills, qualifications and experience accredited to nationally recognised standards to ease the transition back into the civilian work place. In addition, we provide financial support to conduct vocational as well as professional advancement.

    We also support a range of schemes to help veterans and their families secure appropriate accommodation. For information about the guidance and support the Department provides, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 April 2014, (Official Report, columns 442-3W) to the hon. Member for Windsor (Mr Afriyie).

  • Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Chris Williamson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Williamson on 2014-06-16.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the National Farmers’ union on the details of the injunction relating to protestor activities around the badger culls scheduled to take place in Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2014.

    Damian Green

    Home Office officials have had discussions with officials from the Department
    for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Farmers’ Union
    about the use of civil injunctions, in the context of a broader engagement with
    both organisations, on the badger culling activity for 2014.

  • Chris Williamson – 2020 Comments on Jeremy Corbyn’s Suspension from the Labour Party

    Chris Williamson – 2020 Comments on Jeremy Corbyn’s Suspension from the Labour Party

    The comments made by Chris Williamson, the former MP for Derby North, on 29 October 2020.

    Don’t say you weren’t warned!

    The attack on UKLabour socialists was proxy warfare against Jeremy Corbyn. Sadly, his office facilitated the smears. First Ken, then Jackie, then Marc, and then me (and many others!) were thrown under the bus.

    In the end, they got Jeremy, too.

  • Chris Williamson – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Chris Williamson – 2020 Comments on Rebecca Long-Bailey

    Below is the text of the comments made by Chris Williamson, the former Labour MP for Derby North, on Twitter on 25 June 2020.

    So RBL [Rebecca Long-Bailey] is sacked by Sir Starmer for sharing Maxine Peake’s interview with the Independent!

    The abject failure of ANY MP to join me in condemning the witch-hunt years ago has led directly to this. And it’s only going to get worse.

    Pastor Niemöller’s words come to mind.