Written questions

1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Wholesale Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to include provisions on the protection of wholesale workers in the Crime and Policing Bill.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Start for Life services in Sunderland are funded beyond 1 April 2025.

21 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Post-mortems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents do not have to wait six months or more for post-mortem results following the death of a baby.

14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with cancer have equity of access to (a) age-appropriate and (b) specialist psychological support.

14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer in teenagers and young adults.

11 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Hamas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of British citizens killed during the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas on 7 October 2023.

5 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and (b) potential merits of adopting that legislation nationwide.

21 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation.

21 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the 101 Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.

9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid and ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to leverage international cooperation to accelerate (a) biomedical research and (b) treatments for (i) ME and (ii) long covid.

9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety of NHS care for patients with (a) severe and (b) very severe ME.

9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the 2021 NICE Guideline for ME/CFS is implemented.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Children: Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent children in Washington and Gateshead South constituency being exposed to pornography.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography: Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the harmful effects of pornography in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution: Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent organised crime groups advertising victims of trafficking and other sexual exploitation offences on websites advertising prostitution in Washington and G

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution: Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the scale of commercial sexual exploitation in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation in Washington and Gateshead South constituency.

8 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution: Washington and Gateshead South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to help victims of sexual exploitation in Washington and Gateshead South constituency exit prostitution.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) outcomes achieved by deaf children who have been supported to learn to listen and speak with Auditory Verbal therapy delivered by a certifie

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help the NHS and local health services can maximise investment in (i) new-born hearing screening, (ii) cochlear implants, (iii) hearing aids and (iv) othe

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential economic benefits of increasing access to Auditory Verbal therapy for deaf children.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Audiology: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of (a) Auditory Verbal therapy and (b) other support available for deaf (i) babies and (ii) children to develop language and commu

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on strengthening global food security.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to develop a National Food Security Strategy.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce mandatory food waste reporting before the end of 2024.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce mandatory food waste reporting as part of his plan to achieve a zero waste economy.

11 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding for improved endoscopy equipment for diagnosing bowel cancer.

20 May 2024 · Home Office

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the activities of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the UK.

3 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to tackle changes in the level of premature deaths caused by liver disease in women under 75 between 2001 and 2022.

3 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support the detection of liver disease in Washington and Sunderland West constituency.

Source: official written-questions record.