Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
576 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Climate Change: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93932More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with international partners on the potential merits of linking debt cancellation to climate adaptation funding for countries facing both high debt burdens and climate-related
Answer: The UK government is focused on delivering an international financial system that better finances development needs, reduces debt vulnerabilities, and supports relevant countries to be more resilient to shocks, including those caused by climate change and...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration his Department has given to aligning the UK’s net zero policies with commitments to communities impacted by historical UK-linked emissions.
Answer: The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan, published on 29 October, sets out how the UK will continue to reduce emissions in line with the landmark 2008 Climate Change Act. In the UK, the Government’s approach to the transition is built on the principle ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: International AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial or technical assistance to nations affected by climate change.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: BiodiversityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of historical UK-linked deforestation and extractive industries on biodiversity loss in the Global South; and
Answer: Global deforestation rates peaked in the 1980s at around 15 million hectares per year, driven by a range of factors, including global demand for agricultural commodities, timber and wood products. Deforestation rates have since declined to around 10 milli...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding discussions with financial institutions on reparatory (a) funds and (b) initiatives relating to the transatl
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordColonialism and Slavery: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the history of Britain's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism is accurately and thoroughly taught in schools.
Answer: The history curriculum includes a statutory time period at key stage 3 titled “ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901” which includes the non-statutory example of Britain’s transatlantic slave trade. Due to the flexibility of the ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93915More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK-based private lenders participate in international debt relief initiatives for low-income countries.
Answer: The UK government is focused on delivering an international financial system that better finances development needs, reduces debt vulnerabilities, and supports relevant countries to be more resilient to shocks, including those caused by climate change and...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK-backed international development finance does not contribute to unsustainable debt in recipient countries.
Answer: The UK government is focused on delivering an international financial system that better finances development needs, reduces debt vulnerabilities, and supports relevant countries to be more resilient to shocks, including those caused by climate change and...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93913More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to encourage private creditors to participate in international debt relief efforts for heavily indebted low-income countries.
Answer: The UK government is focused on delivering an international financial system that better finances development needs, reduces debt vulnerabilities, and supports relevant countries to be more resilient to shocks, including those caused by climate change and...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDebts: Developing CountriesTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93912More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of debt servicing on the ability of low-income countries to fund public services and climate adaptation; and what steps she is taking to support intern
Answer: The UK government is focused on delivering an international financial system that better finances development needs, reduces debt vulnerabilities, and supports relevant countries to be more resilient to shocks, including those caused by climate change and...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: TaxationTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93911More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a financial levy on UK industries historically linked to environmental degradation with revenue allocated to affected countries.
Answer: The Government is committed to helping deliver global climate finance, including the New Collective Quantified Goal agreed at COP29 of at least $300bn per year to developing countries by 2035, and responding to the wider call on all actors to increase cli...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to establish a dedicated fund to support nations experiencing climate-related loss and damage linked to the UK’s historical industrial emissions.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Debts Written OffForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the G7 and G20 on the expansion of the Common Framework for Debt Treatments to provide deeper and more timely debt cancell
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July 2025 to Question HL9091.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Debts Written OffForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the African Union and CARICOM regarding the role of debt cancellation in broader reparations discussions.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July 2025 to Question HL9091.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of a UK-supported debt-for-climate swap programme to help low-income countries finance climate resilience projects.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July 2025 to Question HL9091.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Debts Written OffForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international financial institutions, including the IMF and World Bank, on cancelling or restructuring debt for Global Sou
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 14 July 2025 to Question HL9091.
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international partners on the development of legal frameworks for climate reparations.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIndigenous Peoples: Natural ResourcesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support Indigenous communities affected by historic UK-linked resource extraction projects.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s contributions to international climate funds, such as the Loss and Damage Fund, in addressing the environm
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with Commonwealth nations on climate finance to address the impact of climate change on small island developing states.
Answer: The UK is a leading player in global efforts to support indigenous communities, and tackle climate change and nature loss, including contributing £40 million to help operationalise the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage in 2025. Our International Clim...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international bodies, including the United Nations, on the issue of reparations for historical injustices.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: SlaveryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the role of UK aid in supporting economic and social initiatives aimed at addressing the legacy of colonial exploitation and enslav
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: CompensationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with CARICOM member states regarding the ten-point reparations plan put forward by the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 10 March 2025 to Question 32987.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: ResearchDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with universities and cultural institutions on the potential merits of establishing scholarships or research funding for communities impacted by
Answer: Whilst no such discussions have taken place directly, the Department is in contact with National Museums Liverpool (NML) on the development and refurbishment of the International Slavery Museum, which is being co-produced working closely with Liverpool’s ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries: SlaveryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department had held discussions with museums and other cultural institutions on the potential merits of engaging with communities on colonial-era acquisitions and the transatlantic sl
Answer: Museums in the UK are independent from the government and so decisions on engaging with communities are operational matters for them and their trustees to decide. The Department is in regular contact with our 15 sponsored museums, and as part of this has ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →