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Written questions

Kerry McCarthy

1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Deep Sea Mining

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of environmental impact assessments carried out by the International Seabed Authority for deep sea mining.

6 Nov 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds of Prey: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on vicarious liability for crimes against birds of prey.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Dog Fighting: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) proceeded against under and (b) convicted of dog fighting offences in each of the last two years.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under Section 8 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each police force area in each year between 2007 and 2012.

1 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Meningitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant organisations and bodies on how they plan to (a) respond to and (b) implement the recommendations set out in the Meningococcal Working Group report.

30 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2018 to Question 183299 on Hospices: Children, what the value of the NHS England Children’s Hospice Grant will be in 2019-20.

29 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Meat: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inspections the Food Standards Agency has undertaken of businesses involved in the production of meat in each year since 2010; and how many of those inspections reported the presence of sa

29 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Poisoning

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) food poisoning and (b) lamb-related food poisoning there has been in the UK in each year since 2010.

24 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the annual level of ringfenced funding that children’s hospices receive from NHS England to £25 million to reflect the changing number of seriously ill children whom they are ca

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 176052 on animals: antibiotics, whether the legislation the Government plans to bring forward will ban rather than restrict the ad

10 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Food: EU External Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the (a)(i) validity of cases brought before the WTO dispute resolution mechanism to which the EU has been the respondent which relate to food standards and (

9 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Aluminium: Antidumping Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that anti-dumping duties on aluminium foil are maintained when the UK leaves the EU.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued to universities engaged animal testing on the implementation of the principles of the 3Rs, Replacement, Reduction and Refinement.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for International Trade

Animal Experiments: China

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on ending unnecessary ad hoc cosmetics testing on animals by Chinese authorities on shipments of cosmetic products imported into China.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on the review of Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, published in 2014.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer on 6 September 2018 to Question 169147 on Animal Experiments, if the Government will introduce legislative proposals to bring regulations for the testing on animals of ingredien

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has plans to ban the preventative use of antibiotics in groups of animals in line with proposals by the EU to introduce such a ban; and if he will make a stateme

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an updated schedule for the next stage of the roll-out of Universal Credit.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that Universal Support is available to claimants in advance of the managed migration stage of the roll-out of Universal Credit.

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 134448 and the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool published on 17 May 2018, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Protection of Badgers Act 1992

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 134447 and the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool published on 17 May 2018, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an

4 Sep 2018 · Scotland Office

Kelp: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on effect on the (a) environment and (b) animal welfare of Marine Biopolymer’s application for industrial scale wild kelp harvesting.

4 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Ritual Slaughter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2018 to Questions 133445, 133447 and 133449, on Ritual Slaughter, when his Department plans to publish the results of the Food Standards Authority su

4 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Ritual Slaughter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that the volume supply of non-stun meat meets only the domestic demand of the communities that want to eat it.

4 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require post-cut stunning for animals that are slaughtered without being pre-stunned.

4 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of electric waterbaths for stunning poultry that use frequencies outside of the parameters set out in Annex 1 of EC 1099/2009.

4 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of slaughterhouses in the UK are not compliant with the European Union regulation EC 1099/2009 Annex I on stunning poultry in electric water baths.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on the recommendation of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, published in July 2017, to extend the remit of the Employment Agency

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 27 of the report, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2017, published by his Department on 19 July 2018 on the use of an neuromuscular blocking a

3 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 27 the report, Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2017, published by his Department on 19 July 2018, if he will bring forward legislative propos

Source: official written-questions record.