Tom Morrison MP: written questions

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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) capacity and (b) preparedness of early years providers to safely care for babies under 12 months in the context of the expansion of funded childcare.
Answer: The department’s priority is to grow high-quality education and care for children, whilst ensuring their safety, in order to give every child the best start in life. We continually monitor and review safeguarding requirements for early years settings to m...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require early years providers to demonstrate how they (a) assess and (b) manage risks associated with infant sleep practices.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework which all early years providers are required to follow includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance. This guidance can be access...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue new guidance to early years providers on the use of sleep products not suitable for infants under two years of age.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework which all early years providers are required to follow includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance. This guidance can be access...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to update the early years foundation stage statutory framework to include (a) explicit and (b) enforceable safe sleep guidance for children under two in group care settings.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework which all early years providers are required to follow includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance. This guidance can be access...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require Ofsted inspectors to undertake specialist training in safe sleep practices for infants during qualifications to inspect early years settings.
Answer: The department’s priority is to grow high-quality, affordable and flexible education and care for children, whilst ensuring their safety, giving every child the best start of life and delivering on our Plan for Change. We continually monitor and review sa...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make safer sleep training mandatory for early years staff working with babies under two years old.
Answer: The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework which all early years providers are required to follow includes a requirement for babies to be placed down to sleep in line with the latest government safety guidance. This guidance can be access...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to require Ofsted inspectors to review CCTV footage in assessments of infant sleep safety practices during inspections of early years settings.
Answer: The department’s priority is to grow high-quality, affordable and flexible education and care for children, whilst ensuring their safety, giving every child the best start of life and delivering on our Plan for Change. We continually monitor and review sa...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce unannounced Ofsted inspections in early years settings where (a) safeguarding concerns and (b) whistleblowing allegations have been raised.
Answer: The department’s priority is to grow high-quality, affordable and flexible education and care for children, whilst ensuring their safety, giving every child the best start of life and delivering on our Plan for Change. We continually monitor and review sa...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Pre-school Education: SleepDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Ofsted inspections of early years settings adequately assess adherence to safe sleep guidance for babies under two years old.
Answer: The department’s priority is to grow high-quality, affordable and flexible education and care for children, whilst ensuring their safety, giving every child the best start of life and delivering on our Plan for Change. We continually monitor and review sa...
Answered 12 May 2025
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Iran: JournalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to respond to reports of the detention of journalists in Iran.
Answer: We condemn Iran's severe restrictions against Freedom of Opinion and Expression, including reprisals against journalists. We were integral to the delivery of the Iran human rights resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November 2024, which calle...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Iran: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect civil society organisations (a) within or (b) in exile from Iran.
Answer: We regularly engage the Iranian diaspora and human rights organisations in exile to better understand the lived experiences of Iranians. We stand with them in their fight for equal rights and fundamental freedoms. On the 4th March, the Security Minister a...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Iran: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support human rights defenders in Iran.
Answer: We condemn the Islamic Republic's severe repression of human rights defenders in Iran. We were integral to the delivery of the Iran human rights resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November 2024, which called on Iran to immediately and uncond...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Iran: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the level of religious freedom for (a) minority faith and (b) other groups in Iran.
Answer: Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in Iran is extremely restricted. Minority faiths such as Bahai's, Christians, and Sunni Muslims, amongst others, are subjected to human rights violations, including but not limited to, harassment, intimidation, arbitra...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has evidence of human rights violations by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Answer: In March 2024, the UN International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which is mandated to collect and preserve evidence of human rights violations, said that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, amongst other state security forces, "partic...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in cyber operations targeting UK infrastructure or citizens.
Answer: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assess that Iran-based threat actors remain aggressive in cyberspace and continue to achieve their objectives through less sophisticated cyber techniques (including prolific use of spear-phishing), but also target...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his polices of levels of (a) presence and activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the UK and (b) potential threats to Iran
Answer: We do not routinely comment on the detail of operational matters or specific threats. The UK Government continually assesses potential threats to the UK and its residents and will continue to take the protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms and safety...
Answered 7 May 2025
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Estradiol: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the serious shortage protocols introduced for Estradot patches are (a) communicated clearly to (i) pharmacies and (ii) prescribers and (b) impleme
Answer: There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, and the vast majority are in good supply. Previously there have been issues with the supply of a limited number of these products, primarily driven by very sharp increases in demand. Following ...
Answered 6 May 2025
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EstradiolDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to (a) GPs and (b) pharmacists to support patients unable to access Estradot patches.
Answer: There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, and the vast majority are in good supply. Previously there have been issues with the supply of a limited number of these products, primarily driven by very sharp increases in demand. Following ...
Answered 6 May 2025
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Estradiol: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to resolve the shortage of Estradot hormone replacement therapy patches; and when supply is expected to return to normal levels.
Answer: There are over 70 hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, and the vast majority are in good supply. Previously there have been issues with the supply of a limited number of these products, primarily driven by very sharp increases in demand. Following ...
Answered 6 May 2025
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Off-payroll Working: Conditions of EmploymentTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48636More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies operating in the UK temporary labour market are adequately transparent about (a) workers' pay, (b) wage deductions and (c) statutory entitle
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheadle to the answer of 1 May 2025 to Questions 47914 and 47915.
Answered 7 May 2025
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Off-payroll Working: Income Tax and National InsuranceTreasuryTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48635More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that umbrella companies correctly (a) deduct and (b) remit (i) Income Tax and (ii) National Insurance contributions on behalf of temporary workers.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Cheadle to the answer of 1 May 2025 to Questions 47914 and 47915.
Answered 7 May 2025
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Syria: EmbassiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to reopen the British Embassy in Damascus.
Answer: We are keeping the re-establishment of a permanent presence in Damascus under review. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office staff, including our UK Special Representative for Syria, undertake visits to Damascus, most recently in April.
Answered 8 May 2025
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Syria: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on ensuring that members of the previous Syrian Government are held accountable for (a) the use of chemical we
Answer: We support the UN and civil society accountability efforts, including developing a credible evidence base to record atrocities committed by the former regime and others. We are also working with international partners to support the Organisation for the P...
Answered 8 May 2025
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Syria: Civil SocietyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding he plans to provide for civil society organisations in Syria in the 2027-28 financial year.
Answer: Budgets for the 2027-28 financial year have not yet been agreed.
Answered 8 May 2025
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Syria: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of consulting with Syrian civil society organisations on the steps required to ease sanctions.
Answer: The UK has long supported Syrian civil society, and we continue to do so. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Ministers and senior officials, including the UK Special Representative for Syria, regularly meet civil society actors to discuss a rang...
Answered 8 May 2025
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