Written questions

Andrew Rosindell

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising (a) construction workers and (b) other workers who are unable to work from home during the next phase of the covid-19 vaccination

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

HSBC: Hong Kong

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that HSBC (a) expressed support for the National Security Law imposed by China upon Hong Kong and (b) froze bank accounts of pro-democracy

20 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to stop the illegal (a) supply and (b) distribution of nitrous oxide for recreational consumption.

19 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that Magistrates courts (a) limit observers and (b) enforce covid-19 lockdown regulations in the context of observing a court hearing not being a legitimate reasons to leave home

18 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of delaying the deadlines for (a) self-assessment and (b) business tax returns for (i) self-employed and (ii) businesses during the covid-19 pandemic.

18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring care homes to ensure that at least one family member is able to visit relatives weekly.

18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage care workers to have a covid-19 vaccine.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Canadian Government on a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK covering the uprating of pensions.

14 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dietary Supplements: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering free (a) zinc and (b) vitamin D supplements to the general population during the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) zoos, (b) aquariums, (c) safari parks and (d) other organisations that manage or preserve natural habitats and species are eligible for funding from the Cultural Recovery Fun

13 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoo Animals Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many organisations have received support from the Zoo Animals Fund; and if he will publish a full list of recipients of funding from that Fund.

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the use of language and sentiments to describe the dying process in hospitals and care homes.

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of the Flinders University study published in PLOS One on the potential merits of the use of positive wo

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Famine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle famine in northern Yemen.

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Houthis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on general licences under the Ansar Allah terror designation framework; and what assessment he has made of whether those l

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the licencing and humanitarian exemptions framework from the US terror designation of Ansar Allah for British organisations providing humanitar

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the evidence and recommendations in the Conservative Human Rights Commission’s report on China, published

12 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to (a) allocate additional funding and (b) take other additional steps to facilitate local elections going ahead in May 2020.

12 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ethiopian counterpart on the importance of reports of human rights abuses being fully investigated by independent third party actors.

11 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving VAT on personal protective equipment sales until the end of 2021.