Written questions

1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned into packaging recovery note (PRN) market; what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reforming the PR

19 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost of fees paid by obligated organisations to PRN compliance schemes was in each of the last five years; and what the total value of trade in packaging recovery notes

19 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock Industry: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the proportion of UK greenhouse gas emissions that come from livestock production (a) directly and (b) taking into account emissions from livesto

19 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget is for the Building a Great Future regional stakeholder events, announced by her Department on 6 April 2017; and how much (a) from the public purse and (b) funding from

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Building a Great Future regional stakeholder events announced by her Department on 6 April 2017 are intended to inform the forthcoming 25 Year Plan on Food and Farming.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Building a Great Future regional stakeholder events for Food, Farming and Fisheries announced by her Department on 6 April 2017, whether the events constitute an

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish the revised greenhouse gas inventory model; whether the updated representation of the UK livestock sector will include data relating to (a) emissio

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons her Department's Greenhouse Gas Action Plan for Agriculture: Review 2016, published on 14 March 2017, did not adopt the Committee on Climate Change October 2016 advice

13 Apr 2017 · Ministry of Justice

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has she made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture following that Committee's periodic visit of 30 March 2016 to 1

13 Apr 2017 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Waste

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the total amount of waste generated across the Parliamentary estate was in each of the last five years; and how much of that waste was recycled

13 Apr 2017 · Home Office

Torture

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture's report, Forced return flights from the UK, published in 2013.

13 Apr 2017 · Ministry of Justice

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is the Government's policy to support automatic publication of visit reports by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2017 to Question 65619, on marine litter, by when she plans to make a decision on whether the UK will participate in the UN Clean Seas global campaign

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Hormone Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effects of the use of pregnant mares' serum gonadotropin in meat production on human health.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Hormone Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department has collected on prevalence of the use of pregnant mares' serum gonadotropin in (a) British farms and (b) meat sold in the UK.

24 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Questions 46848 and 46849, on slaughterhouses: animal welfare, whether she has undertaken investigations into any other factors contributin

23 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Leave and Parental Pay: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to extend shared parental leave and pay to self-employed workers.

23 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on the 25 year (a) food and farming plan and (b) environment plan; and what the timetable is for the publication of each such plan.

21 Mar 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of negotiating Andy Tsege's return to the UK.

20 Mar 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legality of Andy Tsege's (a) trial, (b) arrest and rendition and (c) detention.

7 Mar 2017 · Department of Health

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of air pollution to the increased incidence of hospital admissions for respiratory conditions over the last five years.

7 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department took to (a) ensure that schools and nurseries had information on how to protect children's lungs and (b) notify hospitals to ensure that they were on alert fo

7 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department took (a) nationally and (b) in Bristol to ensure that people with a lung condition were aware of how best to protect their health during the high pollution ep

3 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2017 to Question 65348, on badgers: vaccination, what assessment she has made of (a) evidence from Ireland on the effectiveness of oral vaccine ba

27 Feb 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support her Department plans to provide to support forest governance in developing countries in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.

27 Feb 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will participate in the UN Clean Seas global campaign on marine litter.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fuel-poor households require bringing up to the minimum band C energy efficiency standard by 2030; and what steps the Government is taking to bring such households up to

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made towards meeting its target to insulate over one million homes by 2020.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deer Act 1991

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 Deer Act 1991 in each police force area in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.

20 Feb 2017 · 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 (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.

Source: official written-questions record.