Parliamentary Staff Engagement 2025-02-27
2025-02-27
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Questions & Answers
Q1
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The restoration and renewal programme has been engaging extensively with staff, including over 420 workshops and briefings in the past two years. There are concerns about ensuring that all needs are heard.
I thank the hon. Member for his answer. As he says, there are 7,000 staff working here who support 650 Members of this House and 836 in the other place. As he recognises, it is essential that the needs, wisdom and experience of the people who make the estate a success are heard and fully considered. Will he commit to continuing to run that full consultation and maximising efforts to do so in a way that will ensure the strongest attendance and the best engagement?
The hon. Member makes an important point: the whole Westminster village needs to be engaged in this important topic, which affects all of our workplace.
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Assessment & feedback
Commitment to continuing full consultation and maximising engagement efforts
Response accuracy
Q2
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There are three proposed options with different health and safety implications. The House is expected to vote on these options, but there are concerns about clear presentation of safety information.
The best way that we can support staff in this building is to ensure that their health and safety is paramount. The three options that are being proposed have radically different health and safety implications. When those options come to the House, will my hon. Friend ensure that the health and safety information is categorically laid out, and can he confirm when the House will vote on those options?
Our timetable says that we remain on track to bring the proposals forward by the end of 2025. Those proposals will detail costs, timescales, risks and benefits, and of course my hon. Friend’s point about safety will be foremost in our minds.
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Assessment & feedback
Categorical presentation of health and safety information
Response accuracy