Bob Blackman

14 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Additional Restrictions Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with businesses which have applied for the Additional Restrictions Grant; and if he will apply lessons learnt from the process to the new £1.5 billion

14 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to simplify and homogenise across local authorities the process of applying for business rates relief under the Government’s new £1.5 billion of funding f

14 May 2021 · Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to include wholesalers in the guidance for local authorities for the administration of the new business rates relief fund.

14 May 2021 · Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including wholesalers in the guidance for local authorities for the administration of the new business rates relief fund.

14 May 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to discuss the practicalities involved in developing a business rates support system for businesses affected by covid-19 outside the retail

14 May 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable the provision of business rates support to businesses affected by covid-19 outside the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.

14 May 2021 · Treasury

Wholesale Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic effect on the wholesale sector of the length of time taken to start the new business rates relief fund.

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN World Conference against Racism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the text of the agreed Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism constituted a breach of the International Holocaust Reme

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN World Conference against Racism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's policy is on participating in the Durban IV commemorative events at the UN General Assembly in September 2021.

27 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to support international students enrolling onto higher education courses in the UK at the start of the 2021-22 academic year within the covid-international travel framework.

22 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that hospital patients from the Jewish community are being served fresh Kosher foods, particularly at breakfast, that allow a choice at mealtimes without compromis

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to give online platforms a legal responsibility for preventing, identifying and removing content that leads to pensions scams from their sites.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Online Advertising Programme will publish its public consultation, following its call for evidence in 2020.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward legislation on his Department's Online Advertising Programme.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking protect (a) small and medium sized businesses and (b) franchisees from the potential effect of proposed advertising restrictions on products that are

14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) small and medium sized businesses and (b) franchisees of the online advertising proposals for products that are high in fat, salt and sugar.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to support high street food and drink businesses and takeaways after the implementation of the proposed online ban on advertising food and drink high in fat, sugar and

14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with industry and business on the proposed online ban on advertising food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt; and if he will meet representatives from the takeaway pi

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps have been taken to protect businesses and jobs in the food and drink manufacturing industry on the high street from the effect of advertising restrictions on products that are

14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for a distortion in competition between aggregators and other food delivery businesses as a result of the proposed restrictions on the

13 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2020-21.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantities of flat glass currently recycled through end-of-life vehicle authorised treatment facilities.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Construction: Materials

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to consult the construction industry on the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility for certain construction materials set out in the Government’s waste and r

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Landfill Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason glass is classed as a qualifying material for the lower rate of landfill tax; and what plans he has to review that classification as part of plans to move towards circu

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his plans are to increase the glazing renovation rate of existing houses.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Windows: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to increase building standards for glazing in line with improvements in modern glazing technology for (a) new and (b) existing homes.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Double Glazing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the role of high efficiency glazing in residential and commercial buildings in contributing to the net zero by 2050 target.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to introduce a new scheme to incentivise energy efficiency measures in homes to help meet the Government's net zero by 2050 target.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of provision of financial education at a primary education level; and if his Department will make an assessment of the potential contribution of Gl

16 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that Armenia is covertly transporting armed men to the Nagorno Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in breach of the Ceasefire Agreement of 10