Written questions
4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) total number of outstanding personal protective equipment orders that have not been fulfilled and (b) the cost to the public purse of any unfulfilled orders in
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government is providing to local authorities to help them (a) pinpoint and (b) contain small-scale outbreaks of covid-19 shown on Pillar 2 testing results.
16 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Amazon Web Services: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department made of the effect on security of the four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Business: Misrepresentation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Which report entitled, Firms able to boost Trustpilot ratings using dubious tactics, published 10 July 2020, what assessment he has made of the extent of the organi
16 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Digital Technology: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the US suspending talks on a global tech tax framework on the Government's plans for a digital services tax.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Medicine: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase funding allocated to medical research in the North East.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Life Sciences: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has been made of the implications for his policies of the Association of Medical Research Charities’ proposal for a Life Sciences-Charity Partnership Fund.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Charities: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to the charity-funded research sector during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Newton Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken in the last 12 months to tackle concerns about the Newton Fund as expressed in the July 2019 Independent Commission for Aid Impact report; and what proport
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Trade Marks: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to ensure that EEA trademark attorneys do not have the right to appear before the UK Intellectual Property Office at the end of the transition period.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Fuel Cells: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support investment in research and development in fuel cell manufacturing technology in the UK.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online platforms on ensuring that they swiftly deal with online consumer harm.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Companies: Misrepresentation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on consumer trust in the digital economy of companies manipulating Trustpilot's online review system; and which organisation is responsible for
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Radio Frequencies: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69559, what discussions he has had with the devolved nations on UK-wide licence conditions.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Radio Frequencies: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69559, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on UK-wide licence conditions on EMF emissions.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Disclosure of Information: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what legal mechanisms allow the transfer of UK citizens' data to the US.
16 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Twitter: Hacking
To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what recourse there is for UK citizens who have lost money through the hack of high profile Twitter accounts on 15 July 2020.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 72898, what he was referring to when stating in the Computer Weekly article of 9 July 2020 that, Open banking models have allowed those
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
OneWeb
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 69544 on OneWeb, whether his scientific advisers recommend the purchase of Oneweb.
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he had made of the effect on UK telecommunications networks of US sanctions on Huawei before his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report,
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Mobile Phones: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what advice the National Cyber Security Centre gave to mobile network operators on precautionary steps for limiting network disruption after the imposition of sanctions on Huawei by the
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a mobile communications catapult centre to promote UK companies' participation in mobile communications supply chain
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5G: Constituencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of whether particular constituencies are high risk of network disruption a result of the decision to exclude Huawei from UK 5G networks.
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
ICT: Huawei
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential risks to national security of use of Huawei’s (a) smart phone, (b) tablet and (c) other consumer devices operations in the
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 28 January 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 709, whether his
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 678, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK (a) econ
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online platforms on ensuring they take urgent steps to tackle online consumer harm.
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Huawei: 5G
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of the increase in Huawei equipment used in UK 5G mobile networks to date; and what the proportion was of Huawei equipment in UK mobile 3G networ
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral statement of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1376, whether telecoms operators will be able to buy as much equipment as they chose from Huawei until the e
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, who will have oversight of removal of Huawei from the UK 5G network; which Minister will have responsibilit
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