Written questions

558 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a funding stream for programmes to support freedom of religion or belief.

23 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will prioritise the protection of the right to freedom of religion or belief.

10 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Overseas Territories: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of British Overseas Territories on providing those territories with observer status at the Commonwealth Summit in London in April 2018.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of small-scale nuclear reactors to the provision of electricity in the UK.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Reactors: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding his Department has allocated to research into the development of small-scale nuclear reactors in each of the last five years.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Merchant Shipping: Certification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to review the issuing of Certificates of Equivalent Competency to non-UK resident officers in the British merchant shipping industry.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to increase the maximum custodial sentence for the most serious acts of animal cruelty to five years imprisonment in England and Wales.

21 Mar 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been carried out of the effectiveness of the Global Learning Programme initiative in schools across Northern Ireland.

21 Mar 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent on the Global Learning Programme in schools in Northern Ireland.

25 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received requests from other government departments for the use of GPS guided parachutes to drop aid to besieged Syrian civilians in the last 12 months.

25 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether GPS guided parachutes have been used to facilitate arms drops to rebel forces in Syria in the last 12 months.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to include the issue of corporate responsibility to respect human rights in international investment agreements after the UK leaves the EU.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that human rights considerations are included in the negotiation of future international trade and investment agreements.

20 Dec 2016 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has to make use of the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport and potential new long-haul air links arising from that expansion in negotiating future trade agreements.

20 Dec 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to speed up family reunification for unaccompanied refugee children in Europe.

23 Nov 2016 · Department of Health

Strokes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to introduce a new National Stroke Strategy when the existing strategy expires in 2017.

23 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to introduce regulations on the breeding and sale of kittens in the UK.

10 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the soft drinks industry levy on (a) small businesses and (b) the UK economy.

10 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Heathrow Airport expansion on UK industry.

10 Oct 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the threat from the Asian hornet to the honeybee population in the UK.

10 Oct 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle the threat from the Asian hornet to the honeybee population in the UK.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on the timetable for a decision on Heathrow expansion.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Heathrow Airport: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with her Cabinet colleagues on the effect on tourism of an expansion of Heathrow Airport.

14 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has made to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the ruling of the European Court of Justice of September 2014, Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav C-162/13, on insurance

14 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the European Court of Justice ruling of September 2014, Damijan Vnuk v Zavarovalnica Triglav C-162/13, on the requ

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beekeeping: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Agriculture Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive on enabling beekeepers in Northern Ireland to be registered on BeeBase.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beekeeping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many beekeepers are registered on BeeBase.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspectors are employed by her Department to monitor the health of bee colonies across the UK.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support beekeepers whose colonies are at risk from notifiable diseases.

26 May 2016 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Motorcycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much information his Department holds on how many electric motorcycles have been sold in the UK in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.