Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on updating taxi and PHV regulation.

28 Jan 2019 · Cabinet Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many offences involving a knife have been committed in (a) London and (b) Havering Borough in each year since 2010.

28 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK will remain aligned with EU rules on nicotine strength in vaping products after the UK leaves the EU.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support the UK video games industry.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

War Memorials: Vandalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure war memorials are protected from public vandalism.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local Government: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage local government bodies to commemorate annual county days and display their county flag.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to increase the use of carbon neutral fuel through captured C02.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Non-native Species

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the implementation of the Invasive Alien Species Order 2019 on the numbers of (a) grey squirrels and (b) muntjac deer.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Non-native Species

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the operation of the Invasive Alien Species Order 2019 will require animal rescue centres to kill healthy animals.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Non-native Species

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making wildlife rescue exempt from the Invasive Alien Species Order 2019 in order to protect grey squirrels and

22 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of religious freedom in Iraq; and what steps the Government is taking to promote and protect the right to freedom of religion or belief in

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Baltic States and Poland: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding the General Service Medal to British forces personnel who are serving on Operation Cabrit.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the re-basing of the British Army from Germany to the UK.

22 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

North Africa: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the persecution of Christians in North Africa; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of armed forces veterans in prison.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Airspace: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of incursions into British airspace by foreign military aircraft.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Baltic States and Poland: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments of British personnel from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force there have been in each year of Operation Cabrit.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments of British personnel from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force there have been in each year of Operation Toral.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Islamic State: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments of British personnel from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force there have been in each year of Operation Shader.

22 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Greyhound welfare boosted through multi-million pound deal with gambling industry, published in January 2019, whether (a) a full

22 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to clarify to local authorities their powers relating to unintended consequences to neighbouring parking spaces in relation to planning permission to install a dropped kerb.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the equitable allocation of funding to local authorities.

22 Jan 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government is taking to promote peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

15 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the strength of the UK space defence sector.

15 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce maximum five-year sentences for the worst cases of animal cruelty.

15 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has allocated to arts and culture projects in Havering Borough in each of the last five years.

15 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Middle East: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the persecution of Christians in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement.

15 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tanzania: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the persecution of Christians in Tanzania; and if he will make a statement.

15 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government next plans to provide an update to Parliament on the fight against Daesh.

15 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the fight against Daesh in Syria of the decision of the US Administration to withdraw troops from that country.

Source: official written-questions record.