Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department issues import permits for hunting trophies of cheetahs.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judgements: San Marino

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will consider a mutual recognition of judgements agreement with San Marino.

17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

North Korea: Cryptocurrencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of cryptocurrency theft by North Korea; what steps he is taking to (a) trace

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

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with local authorities on access to affordable glass recycling services by pubs.

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

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the fees imposed on the pub sector under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme.

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

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the current Extended Producer Responsibility framework.

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

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with industry stakeholders on the exemption of on-trade packaging from Extended Producer Responsibility fees.

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

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on (a) local authority recycling rates and (b) hospitality waste streams.

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

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local councils to facilitate glass recycling for hospitality businesses if they choose to cancel their commercial wast

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

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the double counting of packaging waste in pubs under the extended producer responsibility scheme.

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

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility schemes on the finances of pubs in (a) the UK and (b) other European countries with

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

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the (a) cost and (b) complexity of the implementation of extended producer responsibility regulations in (i) the UK and (ii) other G7 ec

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

Recycling: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with industry representatives on the potential merits of introducing fee (a) exemptions and (b) reductions in the extended producer responsibility

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

Recycling: Beer and Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility on breweries and pubs in (a) the UK, (b) Europe and (c) internationally.

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

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on what extended producer responsibility fee rates are for glass packaging used in the hospitality sector in (a) the UK and (b) other European cou

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

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the hospitality sector on the potential impact of double counting and duplication of packaging waste fees under the Extended Producer Responsibility sc

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the potential cumulative impact of (a) (i) the extended producer responsibility scheme, (ii) VAT and (iii) beer duty and (b) equivalent taxes in other major European econo

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed in each of the last ten years.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Coronavirus: Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered providing funding for the creation of a Covid-19 memorial in Romford constituency.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with local authorities to help improve swimming facilities in (a) Romford constituency and (b) England.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

St Andrew's Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to celebrate the feast day of Saint Andrew in 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

St David's Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to celebrate the feast day of Saint David in 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

St Patrick's Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to celebrate the feast day of Saint Patrick in 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

St George's Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to celebrate the feast day of Saint George in 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Aerospace Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to support the aerospace industry.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Chinook Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the capabilities of the Royal Air Force Chinook fleet.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Indo-Pacific Region: Navy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase the presence of the Royal Navy in the Indo-Pacific region.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Japan: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to increase defence co-operation between the United Kingdom and Japan.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Italy: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to increase defence co-operation between the United Kingdom and Italy.

17 Apr 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Tourism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to with relevant authorities to support Northern Ireland’s tourism industry.

Source: official written-questions record.