Written questions
1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making noncompliance with Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 a criminal offence.
3 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of civil injunctions on compliance with Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since 2015.
2 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that all police forces in England contain a dedicated rape and serious sexual offences unit; and what estimate he has made of how quickly those units
2 Mar 2022 · Attorney General
Rape: Prosecutions
To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to implement the recommendations from the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection into the police and CPS's response to rape post-charge in full; what her timetable is for implementing those recommendations; and if
24 Feb 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how he plans to assess the impact of the provisions in the Building Safety Bill and associated Building Safety Funding proposals on the delivery of new social housing and improvement
23 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Transport for London: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the extension letter to Transport for London which he referred to in his letter of 17 December 2021 to hon. Members representing London constituencies.
22 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Rape: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were recorded in the first three quarters of the financial year 2020-21; and how many of those cases resulted in a (a) referral to the CPS, (b) charge or summons, (c) comp
3 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to conduct an evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the expansion of powers under s28 Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
1 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what reports she has received of the (a) number and (b) change in number of Palestinian children held in solitary confinement in Israeli military detention in the most recent
13 Jan 2022 · Attorney General
Serious Fraud Office
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the oral Answer of 6 January 2022, Official Report, column 146, on the Criminal Justice System: Disclosure between Parties, when the independent review on the disclosure failings at the Serious Fraud Office will co
10 Jan 2022 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the initial 5,000 places on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be allocated to people already in the UK.
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Demonstrations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 57198 on Gaza: Demonstrations, what recent assessment her Department has made of the progress made by Israel in (a) investig
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights titled Ensuring accountability and justice for violations of international law in the occupied Pales
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Medical Aid for Palestinians entitled Systematic Discrimination and Fragmentation as Key Barriers to Palestinian Health, published on 29 Novem
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East: Electronic Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter to her of 11 November 2021 from ten hon. Members calling on the Government to blacklist the Israeli NSO Group in light of cyberattacks carried ou
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the hunger strike by former political opposition leader, Abdulhadi AlKhawaja, in Bahrain, and reports that Mr AlKhawaja has been denied family visitation ri
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her Bahraini counterpart for the immediate and unconditional release from prison of Dr Abduljalil AlSingace and Hassan Mushaima.
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ali Hajji
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to reports of the discontinuance of dental treatment for political prisoner Ali AlHajee, on what date the Government last raised the case of Ali AlHajee with t
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her Bahraini counterpart for the regular and timely provision of prescribed eyedrops to political prisoner, Ali AlBanai.
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abduljalil al-Singace
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question HL3907 and Answer of 19 November 2021 to Question 72473, for what reason the Government will not disclose the most rece
1 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abduljalil al-Singace
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of reports that political prisoner Dr Abduljalil AlSingace has had his phone calls punitively suspended by authorities in Bahrain and with reference to his ong
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the Human Rights Act 1998 in lieu of the Independent Human Rights Act Review Panel publishing its conclusions.
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Belfast Agreement: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in the (a) Republic of Ireland and (b) US Administration on plans to review the Human Rights Act 1998 and the potential effect those plans might have on the Go
15 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Belfast Agreement: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make any amendment to the Human Rights Act which will require changes to the Good Friday Agreement.
15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will (a) raise with her Israeli counterpart (i) the fatal shooting of Mohammad Mo’ayyad Bahjat Abu Sara and (ii) the abduction and assault of a 15-year-old boy by Isra
3 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Arrest Warrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the decision by the International Criminal Court of 5 February 2021 to extend its jurisdiction to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967, whether the Go
18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of each covid-19 PCR test (a) administered at a testing centre or other NHS setting, (b) self-administered at home and (c) overall.
21 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lebanon: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the economic crisis in Lebanon on (a) poverty rates, and (b) access to healthcare for Palestinian refugees in
16 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Kensington High Street
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was allocated to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the building of the temporary cycle infrastructure on Kensington High Street, and whether those funds are planned to be clawed b
16 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Kensington High Street
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what communication took place between his Department and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea prior to that council’s decision to remove the temporary cycle infrastructure on Kensington High Street; and
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