Dame Chi Onwurah

20 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to help increase the retention rate of staff in HM Prison and Probation Service.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage innovation in (a) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (b) the DVLA, (c) HS2 Ltd. and (d) National Highways.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of East West Rail on the journey time between Oxford and Cambridge.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Tyne and Wear Metro: Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to improve signalling on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK Science and Technology Framework, published on 6 March 2023, whether references in that paper to engineering biology include (a) gene ther

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the (a) quality of and (b) availability of the water supply on the viability of the Cambridge 2040 plan.

13 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Laboratories: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking through the planning system to increase the availability of laboratory space.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Nissan: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Nissan following its decision to withdraw app support for older Nissan Leaf and e-NV200 vehicles.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Life Sciences: Canary Wharf

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 5.59, page 74 of the Spring Budget 2024, what his Department's (a) selection criteria and (b) rationale were for identifying Canary Wharf as the recipient

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

East West Rail Line: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to plan for development of housing and commercial developments along the route of East West Rail.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of laboratory space in the UK since 15 March 2023.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage (a) the Football Association and (b) other English national sport associations to organise games outside of London.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ICT: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of the £900m pledged to implement the recommendations in the independent Future of Compute review for an exascale supercomputer has been allocated as of 12 March 2024.

8 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the National Grid on improving the timetable for connecting infrastructure projects to the national grid.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to attract and retain workers with skills in artificial intelligence into the NHS workforce.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent members of staff work on pandemic preparedness in (a) her Department and (b) the UK Health Security Agency.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control: Drugs and Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate manufacturing capabilities for new (a) vaccines and (b) drugs in a pandemic.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oesophageal Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the use of the capsule sponge test to detect oesophageal cancer.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ICT: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Government commits up to £3.5 billion to future of tech and science, published on 16 March 2023, how much of the £900 million o

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK Space Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the UK Space Agency to undertake engagement and outreach activities.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Advanced Research and Invention Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has plans to measure the impact of the Advanced Research and Innovation Agency.

7 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Sheffield Forgemasters: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent funding Sheffield Forgemasters has received from the Nuclear Innovation Programme.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sheffield Forgemasters: Welding

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Sheffield Forgemasters on local electron-beam welding.

7 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Environment Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the UK’s global competitiveness in green finance.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Batteries: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to promote the development of a domestic battery industry.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Business Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her Department's planned timescale is for responding to the report entitled Independent review of the DSIT business case and approvals process, published in February 2024.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Horizon Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions officials in her Department have had with the devolved Administrations on the potential merits of increasing levels of engagement with Horizon Europe in (a) Wales, (b)

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment her Department has made of the ability of public sector research establishments to recruit and retain talent.

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the planned rise in the salary threshold for a skilled worker visa on UK research and development.

6 Mar 2024 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Defamation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, from what budget (a) legal fees for defamation cases brought against ministers and (b) settlement in such cases will come.