Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure that high street banks and building societies are incentivised to provide bank hubs.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide a sufficient number of public defibrillators to ensure that one is always accessible within five minutes of a cardiac arrest.

30 Aug 2024 · Treasury

Heat Batteries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will grant heat batteries Energy Saving Material status.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Batteries: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of heat batteries on decarbonising homes.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Property Management Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to regulate services provided by management agencies to leaseholders.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport for London: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with Transport for London on staff shortages.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support artificial intelligence projects.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Hamas: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the extent of relations between Hamas and Russia.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people claiming asylum in the UK are being detained on the British Indian Ocean Territory as of 30 August 2024.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Israel: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the security situation in Israel.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the security situation in Israel.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory: Private Military and Security Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on private security companies in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure press freedom in the British Indian Ocean Territory.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to visit British Overseas Territories within the next six months.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Australia: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has met his Australian counterpart since 5 July 2024.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Switzerland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with her Swiss counterpart on the potential merits of direct rail connections between London and Basel.

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Switzerland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met her Swiss counterpart to discuss facilitated mobility for Swiss and British professionals to travel to the UK and Switzerland.

30 Aug 2024 · Cabinet Office

Hereditary Peers: By-elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Government has a planned timetable for the removal of the right for hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and (b) his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (i) endi

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Switzerland: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met his Swiss counterpart since 5 July 2024.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on engaging with the government of Bangladesh on the matter of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh.

30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to implement procurement deals agreed with the government of Bangladesh.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals (Low-welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to consult international zoological accreditation and certification bodies on future regulations under the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 202

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals (Low-welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a timetable for consulting on the activities that should fall within the activity regulations under the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.

27 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on housebuilding targets in outer London.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the winter fuel allowance on pensioner poverty.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of removing the winter fuel allowance on pensioner poverty.

30 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend powers from HMRC to Trading Standards to provide on-the-spot fines for retailers selling illegal (a) tobacco and (b) vape products.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Radiotherapy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of increasing funding for new radiotherapy technologies.

30 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of future licensing and enforcement costs of a generational ban on tobacco.

30 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to use the impact assessment entitled Tobacco and Vapes Bill: impact assessment, published on 20 March 2024, as part of its forthcoming Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Source: official written-questions record.