Written questions

Tim Farron

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Valuation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm holdings are worth more than £1,000,000, by constituency.

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.51 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief on family farms.

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee on the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief.

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have had with farming stakeholders on changes to Agricultural Property Relief in the last four months.

4 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, what estimate her Department has made of the number of farms that will no longer be eligible for agricultural property relief.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Catering: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on improving the standard of placements available to young people studying Catering T Levels in Cumbria.

24 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand safe routes for asylum seekers.

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

Farmers: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to establish a Tenant Farming Commissioner.

22 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to increase the number of safe routes available to people fleeing persecution.

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

Sewage and Water Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department have worked on teams covering (a) water companies and (b) sewage in each of the last five financial years.

21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure new houses are only built where there is sufficient (a) water supply and (b) sewage treatment.

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

Water Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will issue a revised strategic policy statement to OFWAT on its regulation of water companies.

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

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to end the practice of operator self-monitoring, in the context of recent trends in the level of river pollution discharges.

21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a specialist 21-day pancreatic cancer treatment pathway.