Kerry McCarthy

15 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rabbits: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that consumers are fully informed of the manner in which rabbit meat on sale in England was raised.

15 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rabbits: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which countries rabbit meat sold in the UK in each of the five most recent years for which data is available was produced.

15 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rabbits: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward species-specific legislative proposals to (a) prohibit the use of barren cages for new rabbit farm developments and (b) make other provision for protecting th

15 Jan 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rabbits: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications there were to set up rabbit farms in England in each of the last five years for which information is available.

14 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will extend the ban on the use of unenriched battery cages for laying hens, as set out in Schedule 3 to the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I., 2007, No.

13 Jan 2015 · Wales Office

Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on improving transport links to Wales.

12 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations Ministers in his Department have made to the Saudi Arabian government on (a) freedom of the press, (b) religious freedom, (c) the rule of law and (d) cruel and

12 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Russian government on the human rights implications of the decision to ban transgender people and other groups from driving.

12 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts about press freedom.

2 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on (a) collusion between members of the Colombian security forces and post-demobilisation paramilitary groups in the Uraba region and (b) attacks perpetrated

2 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he had any discussions with his overseas counterparts concerning the attendance of environmental and human rights campaigners at the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima.

17 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ecuador

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Ecuador government on (a) environmental protection and (b) protections for environmental and indigenous activists.

16 Dec 2014 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has given to the UK Border Agency on (a) the maximum distance that asylum seekers can be asked to travel when reporting to police stations and (b) other aspects of the interpretation

16 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors his Department takes into account in deciding whether to escalate a country from being a case study to a country of concern in its annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.

16 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether a country should feature as (a) a case study and (b) a country of concern in its annual Human Rights and Democracy report.

16 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law in Colombia with his EU counterparts in discussions of EU-Colombia trade agreements.

16 Dec 2014 · Deputy Prime Minister

Human Rights: Colombia

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to military justice, land rights and risks faced by human rights defenders with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.

16 Dec 2014 · Deputy Prime Minister

Human Rights: Colombia

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he raised human rights issues in relation to sexual violence against women with President Juan Manuel Santos in (a) Bogotá and (b) London; and if he will make a statement.

15 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of changes in the human rights situation in Bahrain in the last six months.

15 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which human rights concerns he discussed with the Undersecretary at the Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his visit to London in December 2014.

15 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to list Bahrain as a country of concern in his Department's next Human Rights and Democracy Report.

15 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department provides for the promotion of human rights in Bahrain.

11 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Breast Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence about that body conducting a technology appraisal for raloxifene in the chemoprevention indication.

11 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Drugs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many breast cancer clinicians his Department met directly when developing its position on the Off-patent Drugs Bill.

11 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

Drugs: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates since 2 July 2014 he has discussed with GPs the use of off-patent drugs for new indications; and what the content of those discussions was.

8 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Maldives

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Maldivian counterpart the disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla.

8 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sino-British Joint Declaration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek assurances from the Chinese government that it recognises the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong as an international treaty, the terms of which continue to apply

3 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Porpoises: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she or her ministerial colleagues have made to the government of Mexico on steps to protect the vaquita from extinction.

17 Nov 2014 · Department for International Development

Afghanistan: Women's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that women's rights are on the agenda for the London Conference on Afghanistan next month; and what her objectives relating to the rights of women and girls in

24 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department makes available to staff who assess people with progressive health conditions for employment and support allowance or personal independence payment on the nature of those co