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Written questions

Liam Byrne

854 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many banks are offering loans under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set out the (a) specific initiatives and (b) associated funding for each initiative funded through the £10.7 million Sport England Birmingham and Solihull Local Delivery Pilot

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Commonwealth Games 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the Commonwealth Games 2022 legacy plan.

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Commonwealth Games 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will (a) set out the budget for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games legacy programme and (b) list the contributing funding organisations.

5 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 15,841 covid-19 cases that were not initially reported to Public Health England between 25 September and 2 October 2020 related to individuals who lived in the West Midlands metropo

14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayor of the West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many representations he has received from the Mayor of the West Midlands on proposed changes to the planning system.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2020 to Question 76602, what the timescale is for publishing the plan for integrated rail investment.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to speed up the delivery of High Speed Two.

2 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Treasury: Mayor of the West Midlands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Mayor of the West Midlands has written to him since 23 March 2020.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to approve the Department for Transport component of the funding package for three new railway stations on the Camp Hill line; what financial contributions the project's partners will make; and wh

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Prices: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last met with representatives of (a) the Competition and Market Authority, (b) the retail industry and (c) online marketplaces to discuss the tackling of price gouging dur

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Prices: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replicating the steps that other countries have taken to tackle price-gouging during the covid-19 pandemic.

1 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Dominic Cummings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the public statement of 25 May 2020 by Dominic Cummings, whether funding from the public purse was expended on drafting that statement.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the methodology the Government is using to calculate the national R rate for covid-19 infections.

19 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to announce that flexibility will be agreed to the European Structural Fund conditions for the unspent portion of Birmingham City Council's £42 million project Youth

19 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is the Government's policy to seek to draw down the UK share of the coronavirus response investment initiative.

1 May 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workers are receiving support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, by region.

24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) quantity and (b) items of personal protective equipment were transported from Turkey to the UK by the RAF on 20 April 2020.

19 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the procedure is for small firms to apply for access to (a) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (b) cash grants of £25,000 to the smallest businesses in the (i) retail, (ii) hospitality and (iii)

4 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Commonwealth Games 2022

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) verbal and (b) written guidance has been issued to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games delivery authority on becoming accredited by the Living Wage Foundation a

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been devolved to each (a) metro mayor and (b) metro mayor region in each of the last four financial years.

23 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to the West Midlands Combined Authority for home building since 2017.

2 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Birmingham Hodge Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in the Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the extent of human rights breaches in Jammu and Kashmir and (b) whether those breaches meet the threshold for the international community to consider i

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to ensure that India's implementation of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' request to admit its team to Kashmir is a condition of the UK en

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the Indian Government's suspension of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution constitutes a material breach of the Instrument of Accession agreed by

5 Sep 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress she has made towards securing a bilateral trade agreement with the Government of India.

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Prime Minister of Pakistan's appeal for a multilateral approach to resolving the conflict in Kashmir.

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the Indian Government's repeal of Articles 370 and 35a of the Indian Constitution is in breach of the Simla Agreement.

5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking at the UN Security Council to secure free movement of humanitarian organisations in Kashmir.

Source: official written-questions record.