Written questions

Yasmin Qureshi

1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations his Department received on the Advertising Standards Authority's guidance on the advertising of foods high in (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025 on Childhood obesity, HCWS652, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) delaying implementation of advertising r

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 April 2025 on Childhood Obesity, HCWS579, whether her Department received representations from industry after that statement was made.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025, HCWS652, on Childhood obesity, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delaying the legal implementation of advert

20 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the initiative of the UN Secretary General to create a humanitarian aid corridor from Bangladesh into Rakhine State, Myanmar.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance on ultra-processed food consumption as part of a public health strategy.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on the health impacts of ultra-processed food; and when he expects findings to be published.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and the Food and Drink Federation on changes to the HFSS guidance between October 2022 and June 2023.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of removing references to minimally processed and nutritious food from the HFSS promotions guidance on 1 June 2023.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Canada: Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making it easier to migrate between the UK and Canada.

12 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Canada: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase (a) trade and (b) trading opportunities between the UK and Canada.

12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the treatment of Maternity Allowance as unearned income when calculating means-tested benefits.

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Shellfish: Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of her Department's call for evidence entitled Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal welfare inspections of game bird farms were undertaken in (a) England and (b) Wales in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024; how many and what proportion of those visits

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Partridges and Pheasants: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the use of cages for (a) pheasants and (b) partridges for breeding.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Media: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide (a) additional resources, (b) teacher training and (c) additional curriculum support on media literacy in schools.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Media: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that media literacy is a core component of the Curriculum and Assessment Review, in the context of increases in the use of generative AI.