Speeches by Western.

“We heard earlier about jurisdictions where they can prevent goods coming into a country because they do not comply with the legislation of that country, and so contravene the equivalent of a Modern Slavery Act. Would you welcome that kind of legislation here in the UK?”

“Import bans.”

“The most recent USMCA trade deal allows the US to go into Mexico or wherever at factory level to undertake checks. Is that something you think we should be doing?”

“As part of that quality audit, would your auditors ask about the source of the materials that they are using to ensure the consistency of the product output?”

“The employees of SHEIN?”

“Trade deals.”

“My hon. Friend rightly said that there is an urgent need to speed up the redress process. What we know is that while £500 million has been paid out in claims, £267 million has been spent on lawyers. Nigel Railton told us that between 80% and 85% of all claims are simple cases, so does my hon. Friend agree that there is…”

“Ms Smith, I see that you are at the TUC and responsible for insight into international trade unions. Is that right? That was in the description that I saw.”

“For example, Amazon obviously has sites in other countries, but it would be interesting to know how their legislation compares and how they insist on that legislation in France or Germany for Amazon sites.”

“Mr Morgan, you said quite categorically that transparency is important in Amazon as a culture. Can you confirm when the 2022 health and safety data was published? Secondly, do you actually provide performance targets for health and safety within your facilities for employees to see, so that they know what their perform…”

“I understand, but I am going back to the point that you earnestly made: you said that Amazon is a very transparent organisation. I am not hearing that in your reply.”

“Do you publish it in your facilities for employees’ visibility?”

“And on the second point?”

“But you could come back to us, couldn’t you?”

“What do you think about the changes that are being introduced, other than the ones you have already described? If you had been faced with the challenge of this two-year deal a year and a half ago, what impact would the changes in the Employment Rights Bill have had on the negotiations? Would you have had a similarly su…”

“My apologies. I guess the simple question, when it comes to access, is whether you think the Employment Rights Bill is comparable with other countries such as France and Germany. Do you have a view on that?”

“It is good to see you, and it is pleasant to hear how good industrial relations can be. I have a question for Ms Fairbank. A lot of my constituents are very happy about the 11% pay award that will be made over two years. How effective was the existing legislative framework for collective bargaining in helping you to de…”

“But Minister Doughty, I would suggest that trained eyes, which I do not have, looking at this evidence would be able to determine that it was intentional to take out that residential building, or to destroy that farm or whatever, because you can tell by the nature of the debris that is left behind, or because of the na…”

“I understand. The Government stated in the High Court that a team within FCDO had reached the conclusion that there was insufficient information to decide either way in 411 of 413 incidents against international humanitarian law that they considered. That is 99.5% of all cases; the Government have found only two to cha…”

“We just talked at some length about the use of RAF spy planes, so it seems that we have some information. It might be in a different Department, but there is information available to the UK Government. What other sources are you using to help you in that determination of the 411 incidents? I am thinking of open-source …”