Written questions

849 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Royal Parks: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with representatives of Royal Parks on (a) extending cycle routes, (b) upgrading cycle route markings and (c) enforcing cycling restrictions on pedestrian onl

6 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Angling

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Angling Trust report entitled When We Fish Again; and what his timetable is for enabling the sport of anglin

6 May 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Terrorism: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support he is providing to the Government of Mozambique to tackle jihadists in north eastern Mozambique.

27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on research into the treatment of mitochondrial disease.

24 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will offer additional defence support to his Georgian counterpart in respect of the continued borderization of that country's sovereign territory by Russia.

24 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Ossetia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Russian counterpart on that country's policy of borderization of the Kareli Municipality in Georgia.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children of key workers have attended school in (a) Shropshire and (b) Telford and Wrekin since 23 March 2020 or the most recent period for which figures are available.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Shropshire Council on improving flood defences in (a) Albrighton and (b) Shifnal.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: The Wrekin

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of bus services serving The Wrekin constituency.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote apprenticeships in (a) The Wrekin constituency and (b) Shropshire.

21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: The Wrekin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of out of hours GP cover in The Wrekin constituency.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband and Mobile Phones: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve (a) mobile phone and (b) broadband coverage in (i) The Wrekin constituency and (ii) Shropshire; and what the timeframe is for improving that coverage.

19 Dec 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to improve children's dental health to reduce the number of children admitted to hospital for dental extractions.

19 Dec 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Cameroonian counterpart on a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict in Cameroon.

19 Dec 2019 · Home Office

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme to allow the recruitment of seasonal labour for work in the non-edible horticulture sector.

14 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to work with manufacturers of contact lenses to educate people on how to minimise the risk of contracting Acanthamoeba Keratitis.

18 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Shrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with Telford and Wrekin Clinical Care Commissioning Group on its funding for the Severn Hospice for 2019-2020; and if he will make a statement.

8 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bulimia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of patients with bulimia.

8 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burundi: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Burundi on the (a) reinstatement of the BBC Africa Service and (b) protection of freedom of the media in that country.

31 Jan 2019 · Department for International Development

Turkey: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance her Department has allocated to Turkey in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2019; and if he will make a statement.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Yemen: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Ministry of Defence personnel deployed in Yemen; and if he will make a statement.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Cosford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of RAF Cosford.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Cosford: Air Displays

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of the RAF Cosford Airshow; and if he will make a statement.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Arriva buses to ensure that its statutory obligations relating to access to public transport in rural areas are upheld.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

M54: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Highways England road maintenance plan for the M54.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will hold discussions with car manufacturers in the West Midlands on frictionless car manufacturing supply chains.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Agriculture: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will hold discussions with the National Farmers' Union on the supply of agricultural workers during the implementation period.

14 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Board of Combat Stress on its plans to end residential care for veterans at Audley Court, Newport, Shropshire.

14 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Health Services: Shropshire

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will award increased funding to the NHS in Shropshire in the forthcoming Budget and in particular to the Shropshire and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to deploy Royal Navy ships to the Black Sea for training exercises.

Source: official written-questions record.