Written questions
849 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Sep 2024 · Home Office
Homicide: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on the number of deaths of children through (a) murder and (b) manslaughter in England in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase his Department's funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early detection of prostate cancer through screening.
2 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the UK National Screening Committee to conclude the prostate cancer screening evidence review it commissioned in November 2023.
30 Aug 2024 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation: Farms
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support farm owners to (a) diversify their businesses and (b) improve their financial security by providing accommodation for furnished holiday lettings on their farms.
30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) raise awareness of the symptoms of brain aneurysms and (b) improve training for GPs to recognise those symptoms.
30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve access to (a) clean drinking water and (b) sanitation in fragile and conflict affected states and regions.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will commission research into reducing consumer energy prices through locational energy consumption.
30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abkhazia: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will join his EU counterparts in making representations to the Russian Federation over the construction of a naval base in Abkhazia.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Asian Longhorned Tick
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect (a) the food supply chain, (b) livestock and (c) public health from the Asian longhorned tick.
30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards: General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will put in place oversight of integrated care boards that frequently commission services from GP practices that regularly underperform in patient satisfaction surveys.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Children: Drownings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish an action plan to reduce deaths of minors from drowning.
30 Aug 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the activities of hostile states on levels of illegal immigration.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce fines for social media companies for failure to remove online material which incites violence.
26 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Armed Forces: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will end the treatment of military compensation as income for the purpose of welfare benefit means tests.
26 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of neonatal nurses in (a) England and (b) Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin integrated care system.
26 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate supplies of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy medication.
26 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the early (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of pancreatic cancer.
25 Jul 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure Ofsted includes the adequacy of the physical security of school buildings in their inspection reports.
25 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prohibit the importing of (a) electric scooters and (b) electric bikes from countries that do not comply with UK safety standards.
25 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Soft Drinks: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with (a) manufacturers and (b) importers on the public health benefits of making non-alcoholic (i) beer, (ii) lager, (iii) spirits and (iv) wine products lower cost than
17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to increase the sanctions for flying over (a) military establishments, (b) facilities providing (i) equipment, (ii) goods and (iii) services to the armed forces and (c) other restricted area
17 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Vehicles: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ensuring that companies that sub-contract vehicles to (a) delivery, (b) utility and (c) construction companies display the livery of (i) their organisat
17 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sudan: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce famine in Sudan.
17 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton Railway Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the feasibility of electrifying the railway line between Birmingham, Wellington and Shrewsbury.
17 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that companies that (a) manage and (b) insure the shipping of liquefied natural gas are compliant with the UK's sanctions against Russia.
20 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Helmets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require child passengers on bicycles to wear a safety helmet.
20 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will introduce emergency tariffs against Chinese-manufactured electrical motorised vehicles.
20 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Imports: Electric Scooters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take enforcement action against UK-based retailers that are selling imported electric scooters which perform at road speeds beyond the permitted limits.
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence
National Service: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the reintroduction of national service on national security.
Source: official written-questions record.