Alex Burghart: ...be, including in relation to AI (e.g. large language models). The Equalities and Human Rights Commission: the Equalities Hub have provided a separate response on this PQ (188555) via the Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP, Minister for Equalities. As part of the AI regulation White Paper consultation, we are engaging closely with regulators across the wider landscape and their sponsoring...
...full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay John Baron Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Scott Benton Paul Beresford Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin...
Kemi Badenoch: On 14 June 2023 the UK and Switzerland signed the UK-Switzerland agreement on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQ). The UK and Switzerland are two global leaders in services trade with deep links between our economies. In 2022, Switzerland was the UK’s 3rd largest partner for services trade, with £23.7 billion in total services trade (imports and exports). Interim...
...Glindon (teller) Gerald Jones (teller) No Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Paul Beresford Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter...
...Jones (teller) Mary Glindon (teller) No Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Paul Beresford Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter...
...Glindon (teller) Gerald Jones (teller) No Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Paul Beresford Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter...
Maria Caulfield: ...protected. That is the crux of the matter that we have been debating today. It is in that spirit that the Minister for Women and Equalities, my right hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Kemi Badenoch), sought advice from the EHRC as the independent equality regulator for Great Britain. When seeking that advice, she set out that she is concerned that the Equality Act may not be...
...full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay John Baron Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Scott Benton Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin Blunt Peter...
...full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay John Baron Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Scott Benton Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin...
...full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Bim Afolami Adam Afriyie Nickie Aiken Peter Aldous Lee Anderson Stuart Andrew Caroline Ansell Edward Argar Sarah Atherton Victoria Atkins Gareth Bacon Kemi Badenoch Shaun Bailey Siobhan Baillie Duncan Baker Steven Baker Harriett Baldwin Steve Barclay John Baron Simon Baynes Aaron Bell Scott Benton Jake Berry Saqib Bhatti Bob Blackman Crispin...
Clare Adamson: ...have consulted the Scottish Government on the amendments that it tabled on 10 May 2023 or to have explained the extent to which they impact on devolved competence. The committee will be writing to Kemi Badenoch, the UK minister in charge of the bill, asking why that appears to be the case, in particular in relation to the instruments in schedule 1 that fall, at least in part, within...
Nick Gibb: ...environment. Gender can be a complex and sensitive matter for schools, which is why we are working with the Minister for Women and Equalities, my right hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Kemi Badenoch), to develop guidance for schools in relation to gender-questioning pupils. We will be finalising the draft guidance shortly, and will hold a full public consultation on it.
Peredur Owen Griffiths: ...zealotry rather than practical common sense. The recent scaling back of the UK Government's ambition in this area is an acknowledgement of that fact, and it speaks volumes that Rishi Sunak and Kemi Badenoch, former vocal cheerleaders of the Brexit project, are seeking to reign in its worst excesses at every opportunity, and yet another supposed benefit of Brexit has therefore been shown...
Robert Buckland: ...the rule of law depends on certainty—and that worried me. It therefore came as no surprise when the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, my right hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Kemi Badenoch), came to the conclusion that she did. Hence the replacement of that ambitious sunset at the end of this year with what I will call the 600. This is resonant of Tennyson in many...
Kemi Badenoch: Non-disclosure agreements can be used legitimately by employers—for example, to protect commercially sensitive information. The Government understand concerns about the use of NDAs to silence victims of sexual misconduct. We have legislated to prevent higher education providers using NDAs in cases of sexual abuse, harassment or misconduct and other forms of bullying or harassment.
Kemi Badenoch: We are actively engaging with the steel industry to secure a positive and sustainable future. Alongside that, my Department announced the British Industry Supercharger in February—a decisive and necessary intervention that will help to reduce energy costs for energy intensive industries such as steel.
Kemi Badenoch: We have secured a deal that offers brilliant new opportunities for British businesses by getting an agreement in principle to the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership. Our exporters will have greater opportunities to sell their excellent products to some of the world’s biggest markets in the Americas and Asia-Pacific, with the bloc set to account for 15% of...
Kemi Badenoch: As Secretary of State for Business and Trade, my priority is to support UK companies to thrive at home and abroad, which is why this week I launched negotiations for an enhanced UK-Swiss free trade agreement alongside my counterpart, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin. Trade between us is worth almost £53 billion and, as two service economies, a modernised agreement presents huge opportunities...
Baroness Fox of Buckley: ...Parliament, to see what work is being done when and where. That is why transparency matters: so that you cannot just blame things going on behind the scenes. The Secretary of State for Business, Kemi Badenoch, suggested that the previous demands on the Bill, with its cliff-edge, had caused so much concern that civil servants were choosing to reduce legal risk by preserving EU laws, rather...
Kemi Badenoch: Today, the 15th May the Department for Business and Trade will launch negotiations for an enhanced and upgraded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Switzerland, with the first round of negotiations to be held in London this May. In line with the Government’s commitments to transparency and scrutiny, more information on these negotiations will be published and placed in the House Libraries. This...
