Kerry McCarthy

10 Oct 2022 · Prime Minister

Egypt: Climate Change Convention

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she plans to attend the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Summit in Sharm el Sheikh.

20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tibet: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the human rights implications of the mass collection of DNA from (a) children and (b) other people in Tibet.

7 Sep 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains her Department’s policy to introduce a Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate by 2024 as set out in the Net Zero Strategy.

18 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Mental Health: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in average waiting times for mental health volunteers to gain security clearance to work with prisoners.

18 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Prisons: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure DBS applications for mental health volunteers working with prisoners are processed swiftly.

15 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Leyhill: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the strength of security protocols at HMP Leyhill in Gloucestershire.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed changes to the Habitats Regulations on the Government’s ability to comply with its international obligations under the (a) Ber

13 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with officials in her Department on the potential merits of strengthening the clarity and enforceability of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 through (a) mandating

13 Jul 2022 · Home Office

Business: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all businesses trading in the UK conduct due diligence to eliminate child labour from their supply chains.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Global Positioning System: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts on the potential merits of expanding GPS farm mapping systems in order to identify unusual bouts of production a

11 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tree nurseries are operated by Forestry England; how many staff Forestry England employ in those nurseries; and what the total number of trees grown by those nurseries was in

8 Jul 2022 · COP26

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the President of COP26, how many nations have submitted updated Nationally Determined Contributions in advance of COP27 as of 8 July 2022.

8 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of trees that have been planted through Government-funded schemes in each year since 2019.

8 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in 2025; and which schemes will receive this funding.

8 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in each financial year from 2022-23 to 2024-25; and which schemes will receive this funding.

7 Jul 2022 · COP26

Carbon Emissions: USA

To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the ability of the US to meet its climate commitments in the context of recent decisions by the US Supreme Court relating to planet-heating omissions.

7 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Woodhouse Colliery: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, by what date his Department plans to make a decision on whether to grant planning permission to the proposed coking coal mine in Whitehaven.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on when they plan to publish the stage two report on complaints about communication of chan

4 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the UK supplied in international climate finance in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021; and how much will be supplied in 2022.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the value is of his Department's underspend on climate finance and foreign aid.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total value of climate finance and foreign aid underspending is that has been diverted to the Ministry of Defence.

4 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Forests: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to remove unsustainable legal deforestation from UK supply chains, as recommended by the Climate Change Committee in its most recent Progress Report to Par

28 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate provision of social care services for children and young people with disabilities and their families.

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the 300,000 public electric vehicle charge points that his Department plans to be delivered by 2030 by (a) private sector investment, (b) local authority investmen

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of public electric vehicle charge points that have been delivered with funding from (a) the private sector, (b) local authorities and (c) central government in each of

20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) upcoming 10-year cancer plan for England and (b) long-term NHS workforce strategy, will include specific steps to support the recruitment, training and educational needs of the brea

17 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Glasgow Climate Pact, whether his Department plans to amend the UK's Nationally Determined Contribution before the end of 2022.

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the proportion of (a) particulate matter air pollution and (b) nitrogen dioxide air pollution emitted by buses as a proportion of total surface transport in (a) England and (b) th

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the total annual cost to public health expenditure of current air pollution levels in (a) England and (b) the UK.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to suicide prevention organisations.