Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to prevent cold-related deaths of household pets in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to prevent heat-related deaths of farm animals in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Weather: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to prevent heat-related deaths of household pets in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cocaine: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to prevent cocaine-related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to help prevent alcohol-related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with relevant authorities to prevent cold-related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to work with relevant authorities to prevent heat-related deaths in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of making prescriptions free for people with chronic, long-term conditions.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of pre-payment certificates as a means to help reduce the cost of prescriptions.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of pub closures; and what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of closures.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility charges on the viability of brewers participation in the glass bottle market.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Cryptoassets

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the UK crypto and digital asset industry.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure continual engagement with the crypto and digital asset industry.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to bring forward regulations to ensure that crypto and digital asset businesses can open a UK bank account.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to banks on providing access to bank accounts for crypto and digital asset businesses in the UK.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with (a) the crypto and digital asset industry and (b) the UK banking industry on UK bank accounts for crypto and digital asset businesses.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that (a) UK crypto and digital asset businesses and (b) businesses and sectors associated with the digital asset industry are able to open UK bank accounts.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made through (a) the G7, (b) the G20 and (c) other international forums on developing global standards for crypto and digital asset regulation.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with overseas regulators on the development of global standards for crypto and digital assets.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has for UK Government participation in the development of global international standards for crypto and digital assets.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on (a) crypto and (b) digital asset regulation of policies on those matters in overseas jurisdictions.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Competition

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that the UK is competitive with overseas jurisdictions in relation to (a) crypto and (b) digital asset regulation.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Licensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) crypto and (b) digital asset firms have been granted licences to operate by the Financial Conduct Authority; and how many and what proportion of applications were rejected in the last three years.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Licensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average processing time was for applications by (a) crypto and (b) digital asset businesses to the Financial Conduct Authority in the latest period for which data is available.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Licensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that applications to the Financial Conduct Authority for licences to operate in the UK by (a) crypto and (b) digital asset businesses are processed in a timely mann

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Financial Conduct Authority has taken to register (a) crypto and (b) digital asset businesses.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of regulating the (a) crypto and (b) digital asset sector on the economy.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that regulation of the (a) crypto and (b) digital asset sector helps to (i) protect consumers and (ii) foster innovation in the sector.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help attract attract inward investment into the (a) cryptocurrency and (b) digital assets sector.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Assets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) crypto and (b) digital assets.

Source: official written-questions record.