Written questions

849 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Religiously Aggravated Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many religious leaders have been convicted for contravening the (a) Public Order Act 1986, (b) Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, (c) Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 and (d) Criminal Justice and

9 Oct 2015 · Department for International Development

Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the UK provides for sports development in schools in the Palestinian territories.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Republic of Congo: Overseas Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of the Republic of Congo on the payment of UK companies for infrastructure work undertaken in that country on behalf of the Congolese gov

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Palestinians: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to stop UK funding being used to pay the wages of convicted terrorists from the Palestinian Territories in custody in Israeli prisons.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Japan: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Japan on the abolition of the death penalty in that country.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Georgia: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Georgian countertpart on freedom of expression and freedom of the media in that country.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on reducing the number of attacks on Christian religious sites in Israel.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Arms Trade: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote universalisation and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty.

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what checks his Department carries out on non-governmental organisations and charities before allocating them funding to ensure that they do not have discriminatory policies against indiv

9 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Palestinian Authority on introducing legislation to abolish the death penalty.

9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Control: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps with his EU partners and the US Department of Defense to improve the traceability and tracking of small arms and light weapons provided to the Kurdish Regional government for use in fighting

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Classification Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to extend the BBFC's voluntary pilot project for the rating of online music videos to other online platforms, UK music labels and publishers and non-UK music l

9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Government Departments: Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consult on implementing no smoking zones outside government buildings for people employed in those buildings.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Origin Marking: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the labelling of goods produced in Israeli settlements with World Trade Organisation law.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Spacecraft: Nuclear Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what collaboration is taking place between universities, space companies and the European Space Agency on developing nuclear engine technology for future spacecraft.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Overseas Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the level of trade was between Israel and the UK in 2013-14; and what steps he is taking to increase bilateral trade with Israel.

16 Sep 2015 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to amend the Blue Badge scheme to allow badges to be awarded to those with severe cognitive disabilities.

15 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of collaboration between his Department and UK defence companies in developing an independent UK unmanned aerial vehicles' capacity; and if he will make a

4 Sep 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wildlife: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with UK airlines on the transit of hunting trophies through UK airports.

4 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Thailand: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Thailand on upholding the Paris Principles for (a) migrant workers and (b) refugees.

4 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its Chinese counterpart on the religious persecution of Christians in that country.

4 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its Chinese counterpart on the detainment of Zhang Kai and Liu Peng.

4 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the future of his Department's global campaign for the abolition of the death penalty.

4 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Thailand: Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Thailand on prison conditions in that country.

4 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Singapore: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Singapore on people being detained without trial in prisons in that country.

13 Jul 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Sudan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to assist faith and community-led reconciliation efforts in South Sudan.

13 Jul 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Central African Republic: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the UK is giving to interfaith peacebuilding and reconciliation initiatives in the Central African Republic.

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the music industry on a voluntary video rating and classification code for music videos.

13 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to improve faith and cultural training for coroners to assist in the (a) timely dealing with deaths, (b) type of post mortem used and (c) process for the release of the body for burial for t

10 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Airbnb

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with Airbnb on ensuring that their suppliers comply with the requirement not to let their properties for more than 90 days each year.

Source: official written-questions record.