Pete Wishart

9 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Council of the Nations and Regions: Location

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, where the role of Envoy to the Regions and Nations will be based.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to the Pension Credit week of action campaign, launched on 2 September 2024.

9 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Pension Credit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding her Department has allocated to the Pension Credit Week of Action campaign, launched on 2 September 2024.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the National Wealth Fund will be allocated to (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Devolution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the administration of the National Wealth Fund.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Devolution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the devolved Administrations will have a role in determining where the National Wealth Fund is spent in those nations.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Devolution

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to determine how the National Wealth Fund will be spent; and whether she plans to hold discussions with the devolved Administrations on such decisions.

5 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Self-employed: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending tax reporting periods for freelancers in the creative sectors.

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the trends in the level of freelance employment in creative industries in the next five years; whether her Department is taking steps to help support growth in f

5 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support people in freelance creative professions.

30 Jan 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Journalism: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) long-term viability and (b) economic sustainability of freelance journalism.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support research into glioblastoma and other less survivable cancers.

14 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Mileage Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment and (b) take fiscal steps to support employees and volunteers using their own vehicles in (i) rural and (ii) other areas.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Union Connectivity Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department’s planned timescale is for publishing its response to the Union connectivity review: final report, published on 26 November 2021.

10 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balochistan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide humanitarian aid and support to the Baloch people displaced by conflict in that region.

10 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balochistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the human rights situation in the Pakistani region of Balochistan, including potential o

10 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balochistan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help support negotiations to end regional conflicts within the Balochistan region of Pakistan.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the livelihoods of people in the creative industries during the period of increases to the cost of living.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect public funding for creative industries during the period of increases to the cost of living.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to clear the driving test backlog and reduce test waiting times, particularly in rural areas.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of the driving test backlog, if he will take steps to increase the number of driving test slots available, particularly in rural areas.

15 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Audio-visual Industry: Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on the UK audio-visual sector of his decision to expand the text and data mining exception.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised from the Duty Stamps Scheme since the introduction of that scheme.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many instances of sprits and duty fraud have been successfully prosecuted since the introduction of the Duty Stamps Scheme.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the application of duty stamps on Scotch whisky and spirits.

16 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Intellectual Property: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from the EU to understand whether the simultaneous disclosure of unregistered designs in the UK and EU would provide pro

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Intellectual Property: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on the publication of judgments from the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track.

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Intellectual Property: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an online system to submit claims to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track.

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Digital Markets Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to implement recommendation 13b in Annex G of the Digital Market’s Taskforce’s report entitled A new pro-competition regime for digital markets.

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Intellectual Property: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track Cap to £25,000 in line with a Fast-Track claim.