Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department plans to work with schools to support young children in readjusting to attending school after the lockdown due to covid-19 is lifted.

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to take steps to support young children with concerns about returning to primary schools or nurseries after the covid-19 lockdown.

29 Apr 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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing measures to tackle the difficulties that businesses that use holding companies for accounting purposes have enco

29 Apr 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, what steps he is taking to ensure that the British Business Bank's Borrower Viability Test does not prevent otherwise viable businesses from accessing the Coronavirus Business Int

29 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his response to protests in Hong Kong of the letter of six UN Special Rapporteurs, date 23 April 2020 which states that neither Hong Ko

28 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the global economic downturn on trends in the level of recruitment activity by the Muslim Brotherhood overseas.

28 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Muslim Brotherhood

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of a potential increase in the activity of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK as a result of the economic downturn during the covid-19 outbreak.

27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent private care homes increasing fees during the covid-19 outbreak.

27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a freeze on private care home fees during the covid-19 outbreak.

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Directors: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support people who earn the majority of their income through dividends as directors of limited companies, and who are ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or the Self-Employed Inco

24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of offers to supply personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak have been responded to within (a) 24 hours and (b) a week in the lastest period for which

24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to streamline NHS procurement processes for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) respond to and (b) process offers to supply personal protective equipment from (i) British and (ii) foreign suppliers.

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Nurseries: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further fiscal steps to support nurseries during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Pre-school Education: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Education of the potential merits of extending eligibility to early-years providers to benefit from both Early Years Entitlement Funding and the Coronavi

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the operation of social investment tax relief to support social enterprises and charities during and after the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the combined effect on social enterprises of the covid-19 outbreak and the cessation of social investment tax relief after the sunset clause is reached in 2021.

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a temporary VAT exemption on personal protection equipment orders for the social care sector during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Dismissal: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made assessment of the potential merits of limiting the reasons for workplace dismissal during covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Dismissal: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that companies do not dismiss workers who could be furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making (a) market traders and (b) other small businesses which pay business rates collectively eligible for Business Rates Grants.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he is providing to (a) small businesses and (b) market traders who pay business rates collectively and are ineligible for business rate grants during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Dismissal: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend Section 98 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to require employers to justify their decision to dismiss an employee rather than place them on furlough during t

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats and Dogs: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the human consumption of dogs and cats in the UK.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats and Dogs: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by officials in Shenzhen, China, on the reasons for a proposed ban on the human consumption of dog and

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Airlines: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that airlines are taking into account social distancing measures and safeguarding the health of cabin crew and staff during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Airlines: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that airlines do not pressurise their furloughed employees to work during the period in which they are furloughed.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Conditions of Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is a tip-off hotline for employees that have been asked to work by their employer when furloughed during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Conditions of Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that companies do not put pressure on their employees to work when furloughed during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions the UK Government has had with British judges sitting on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal on the potential effect on the rule of law in Hong Kong in the event that the Government of Hong Kong en

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