Written questions
558 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Turkey: Armenia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Turkish forces have been involved in recent attacks on the civilian population in Armenia.
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hydrogen: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the Northern Ireland hydrogen economy.
28 Aug 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Interpreters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in his discussions with the Home Secretary on enabling admittance to the UK for Afghan citizens who served as interpreters for the UK armed forces.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ports: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the EU Commission on border control posts at Northern Ireland ports.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Borders: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department to support the manning of border control posts at Northern Ireland ports after the transition period.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ports: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of the provision of land and buildings for border control posts at Northern Ireland ports after the transition period.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Northern Ireland Protocol: Customs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assumptions his Department has made on the level of checks required at border control posts at Northern Ireland ports by his Department in order to comply with the Northern Irelan
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ports: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has submitted any proposals on border control posts at Northern Ireland ports to the EU Commission.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Borders: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU commission on border control posts in Northern Ireland.
30 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the export of live animals.
29 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the public inquiry planning decisions he has made during the covid-19 lockdown.
29 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Opencast Mining: Northumberland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce his decision on the Highthorn planning application.
21 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help ensure that UK visa offices in (a) China and (b) India process visa applications for students planning to study at UK universities in the academic year 2020-21; what e
17 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sri Lanka: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Sri Lankan counterpart on the contamination of the water supply in the Jaffna Peninsula from the Chunnakam Power Plant.
4 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the Chinese Government on the findings of the investigation into organ harvesting carried out by the China Tribunal chaired b
3 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
UNRWA
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations on replacing the United Nations Relief and Work Agency with a new body working under the rules of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; an
1 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon IT System: Inquiries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to initiate an inquiry into Post Office Ltd's handling of the problems with the Horizon IT system.
19 May 2020 · Department for International Trade
Import Duties: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the imposition of EU tariffs on goods entering the Northern Irish market from Great Britain will not lead to Northern Irish businesses and consumers missing out
19 May 2020 · Department for International Trade
Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate the Government has made of the total annual savings to businesses and consumers from the elimination of and reductions in tariffs proposed in the UK Global Tariff.
12 May 2020 · Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the data needed to make further payments to Equitable Life policyholders is retained.
12 May 2020 · Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of compensation payments to people affected by the collapse of Equitable Life.
12 May 2020 · Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that victims of the Equitable Life scandal receive full compensation.
11 May 2020 · Treasury
Aggregates Levy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the request by the Mineral Products Association for quarry owners to have additional time to pay the Aggregates Levy.
4 May 2020 · Cabinet Office
Death
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number of people who died from (a) heart attacks, (b) cancer, (c) strokes and (d) flu from 1 January to 31 March (i) 2020 and (ii) 2019.
4 May 2020 · Treasury
Off-payroll Working
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to businesses of extending the roll-out of pay-roll tax rules to the private sector.
4 May 2020 · Treasury
Off-payroll Working
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to delay his Department's policy of extending the roll-out of off-payroll rules.
1 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps have been taken to enable the aluminium industry to access the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
1 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Aluminium: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps have been taken to support the aluminium industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on performance against NHS targets.
10 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request that the UN Secretary General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights dispatch a fact-finding mission to Iran to investigate the killing of children during the Novemb
Source: official written-questions record.