Written questions
702 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22880 on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, whether his Department has drafted the secondary legislation req
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Biofuels: Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change draft rules on the attribution of emissions reductions from bioenergy with carbon capture and
29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Judges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of tribunal judges who have been promoted to become Circuit Judges by the Judicial Appointments Commission within six months of receiving a formal advice of mis
29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Councillors
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of the principles set out in the Porter v. Magill 2001 House of Lords ruling in last six moths, in the context of advising on promotions
29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Judges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many promotions of judges from the first tier tribunal have been made within six months of receiving formal advise for misconduct from the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office in the last five years.
29 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) waking watch and (b) other indirect consequences of measures introduced in the Building Safety Act 2024 on costs to re
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
British Overseas Territories: Darwin Plus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the objectives set out in the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' speech entitled The Kew Lecture: Foreign Secretary's speech on the
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18874 on Leasehold: Ground Rent, in what order respondents ranked the five policy options outlined in the consultation.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is to commence Section 48 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to commence section 32 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, whether she plans to remove marriage value from the enfranchisement premi
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, if she will list the flaws in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase the uptake of leasehold with a share of freehold on new flatted developments.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Commonhold and Leasehold: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has set a target for the proportion of new homes to be built by 2030 that will be (a) leasehold and (b) commonhold.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Commonhold and Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of converting all existing residential leasehold tenure to commonhold on economic growth.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Darwin Plus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future of the Darwin Plus programme.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: British Overseas Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of his Department's total biodiversity budget was spent on supporting biodiversity in the UK Overseas Territories in 2024-05.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: British Overseas Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of total percentage of the biodiversity for which the UK has global responsibility is located in the UK's Overseas Territories.
14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Darwin Plus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the total funding allocated to projects by Darwin Plus in each financial year since 2019-20.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the paper entitled Marine Protected Areas network report (2019 to 2024), published on 18 December 2024, what steps he plans to take to protect designated features wit
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seas and Oceans: Conferences
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will attend the UN Oceans Conference in June 2025.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fishing Catches
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 17503 on Fishing Catches, what (a) criteria and (b) thresholds were applied in deciding which instances of non-compliance with the
9 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19633 on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to w
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biodiversity: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his priorities are for the 68th Global Environment Facility Council Meeting in relation to target (a) 5 and (b) 18 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17500 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, for what reason he was not able to provide a timescale.
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17501 on Fisheries: Monitoring, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a mandatory requirement for ve
10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, what discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on bringing for
10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the results of the consultation entitled Modern Leasehold: Restricting Ground Rent for Existing Leases, which closed on 17 January 2024.
5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Northwick Park Hospital: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will visit the Griffin Institute at Northwick Park Hospital in Brent West constituency.
5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national training centre for robotic surgery within the NHS to provide surgical training that is independent of the manufactu
Source: official written-questions record.