Dame Chi Onwurah

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research and Universities: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he takes to assess the effectiveness of UK research bodies and university departments in working to and achieving gender diversity.

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

STEM Subjects: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he his Department will publish a long-term strategy for encouraging people from under represented groups to pursue career in STEM.

20 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Science: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on gender diversity of university (a) students and (b) teaching staff of the National Institute for Health Research announcement on 9

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

ARM: NVIDIA

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with Nvida on their purchase of ARM; and what guarantees he has sought on (a) employment levels and (b) employee TUPE conditions.

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Clinical Trials and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research and clinical trials in non-covid related research.

19 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coal: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his recent decision to refuse planning permission for the coal mine at Druridge Bay, what assessment he has made of whether a coal mine can be carbon neutral; a

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that local authorities receive covid-19 test data on their residents (a) in a consistent format and (b) under one system.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) systems and (b) data formats local authorities need to use to view all covid-19 test data for their residents.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to mitigate the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on clinical trials in (a) dementia and (b) other medical conditions.

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Astrazeneca: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of (a) when the not for profit price commitment made by AstraZeneca as part of the deal with Oxford University to develop a covid-19 vaccine will expir

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the installation of automated parcel sorting machines at Royal Mail centres on jobs.

16 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Skilled workers: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop skilled workers to administer UK borders (a) prior to and (b) after the end of the transition period.

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses unable to access the bounce back loan scheme due to their bank not participating in that scheme; and what steps he is taking

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Business Grants Fund: Newcastle Upon Tyne

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the recall of undistributed covid-19 business support grants provided to Newcastle City Council.

15 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the March 2020 Budget, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that new homes are built with gigabit-capable broadband.

14 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Amazon Web Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49691 on Amazon Web Services, whether she set out the liability caps and evaluation of compliance with the Managing Public Money code.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what privacy, data sharing and data safeguarding obligations, in addition to GDPR, there are on private data firms providing services to Government Departments who require access to publ

14 Oct 2020 · Department for International Trade

Fuel Cells: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to support UK fuel cell manufacturers export their products.

14 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Amazon: Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Amazon will be subject to the Digital Services Tax.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) premises in total and (b) business premises in areas without access to broadband services faster than 100mbps and who are in ar

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure value for money and protect public investment in broadband network expansion.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the Government's strategy for encouraging competition amongst rural broadband providers.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria the Government is using to define the hardest-to-reach areas for gigabit capable rollout.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of removing Huawei from the 5G network; and how he plans to fund that removal.

14 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Codes of Practice

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if any constraints have been placed on the investments of the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer Officer as set out in the Civil Service Management Code;

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is on target to meet its 2025 gigabit capable broadband rollout target.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Artificial Intelligence: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 96062 on Twitter: Racial Discrimination, what steps the Government is taking to tackle racial bias in algorithms.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) investment in OpenRAN technology and (b) vendor diversification in the UK’s 5G network.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Radio Frequencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the clearing of the 700MHZ frequency has affected any services.

13 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccination: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of whether there are any supply chain problems in vaccine development programmes at UK research institutions.