Written questions

Kerry McCarthy

1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Seas and Oceans: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to secure a global agreement on protecting at least 30 per cent of the world’s oceans by 2030.

23 Apr 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Investment: Thailand

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what safeguards are in place to ensure that UK companies investing in the Thai poultry farm industry comply with (a) business and (b) human rights obligations.

23 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andy Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Thai counterpart on the recent ruling that UK human rights activist, Andy Hall, must pay 10 million Baht in damages to the Natural Fruit Co Ltd.

20 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place provisions to ensure that when a developer uses a viability assessment to argue down the affordable housing element of a housing scheme on the grounds tha

20 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of additional affordable homes that will be built over the next 10 years as a result of the new viability system in the updated National P

20 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new guidance on viability with fixed returns for developers and landowners does not lead to a reduction in the number of affordable hom

18 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing Public Health England’s recommendation on achieving a 20 per cent reduction in children’s calorie intake by 2024.

18 Apr 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ivory: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that closing markets for elephant ivory in the UK and internationally does not lead to increased demand for ivory from other species.

13 Apr 2018 · Department for International Development

United Nations: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts at the United Nations on the inclusion of provisions on protection for internally displaced people in UN compacts on refugees and migrat

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of extending badger culling on the effectiveness of vaccination schemes operating in those same areas.

13 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andy Hall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has provided consular assistance to the British human rights campaigner Andy Hall, who has been sentenced for defamation in Thailand.

13 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to assess the effect of the Government's reforms to nursing education.

13 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department (a) commissioned and (b) received data from UCAS on the number of applicants for university nursing courses in England in the current 2018 undergraduate cycle by (i) by field

13 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to measure the effect of the removal of the NHS bursary on application rates to undergraduate nursing courses.

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of extending badger culling on local ecosystems; and whether an extension is in compliance with the Bern Convention on the Conserv

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the decision to (a) extend the badger cull in low risk areas and (b) remove the ten area cap limit on badger culling will be made after the conclusion of Sir Charles Godfray's

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the effectiveness of badger culling in reducing TB in cattle in low risk areas.

28 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the representatives of the devolved administrations on shared principles for environmental protection after the UK leaves the EU.

28 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Anaerobic Digestion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to update its anaerobic digestion action and strategy plan.

28 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to undertake a review of its waste prevention programmes in compliance with the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC).

27 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in 2017.

27 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Protection of Badgers Act 1992

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each police force area in 2017.

27 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting Act 2004

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Hunting Act 2004 in each police force area in 2017.

22 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce the Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill.

21 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of applications to university nursing courses in England in the 2018 undergraduate cycle (a) by nursing discipline and (b) in each region of the