Jim Shannon

15 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on introducing DNA tests for the detection of cancers.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contributions to energy security of the Jackdaw Field Development in the North Sea.

14 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on the economy of a raising of interest rates to 3 per cent.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding he has allocated to the Devolved nations to reduce the size of healthcare waiting lists.

14 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to tackle human trafficking.

14 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: War Crimes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will increase the resources the UK is providing to international investigations into Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine.

14 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate more funding for the employment of infant care nurses in Northern Ireland.

14 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Qatar: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to raise protection of the freedom of religion or belief of the Baha’i people with her Qatari counterpart.

14 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Qatar: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she raised (a) human rights and (b) the treatment of the Baha'i community with the Emir of Qatar on her recent visit to that country.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Long-Term Strategic Framework for Health and Social Care Workforce Planning.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the shortage of breast pathologists in the NHS workforce.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Monkeypox: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cases of monkeypox.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and young people and (b) adults were referred to specialist secondary mental health services with a primary reason of referral of eating disorders in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Batteries: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking in the response to the campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of button batteries.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hay Fever

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are affected by hayfever each year.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's contribution to Project Stratum and the rollout of broadband to rural areas of Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with council leaders in Northern Ireland on community arts projects for the Platinum Jubilee; and if he will provide additional funding to the devol

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with representatives of Channel 4 on whether its higher education partnerships in (a) Belfast and (b) Newry will remain open after privatisation.

13 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme for parents with vulnerable children.

13 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the income threshold for eligibility for legal aid, in the context of increases in the cost of living.

13 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring offenders who are released from prison on parole to carry out maintenance within their local communities as part of their parole conditions.

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of breastfeeding on a child's educational attainment.

9 Jun 2022 · Department for International Trade

Whisky: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to encourage the US administration to grant Irish whiskey from Northern Ireland the same level of distinctive product protection as currently afforded to Scotch whisky.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Steroid Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to issue guidance on reducing the use of oral corticosteroids in treating asthma and COPD.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Steroid Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion patients with asthma who require three or more courses of oral corticosteroid each year do not receive care from a specialist asthma service.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients with uncontrolled asthma who are eligible for alternative treatments to oral corticosteroids do not have access to those treatments.

9 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Steroid Drugs: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of (a) caring for and (b) treating adverse events in patients prescribed frequent or maintenance prescriptions of oral corticosteroids.

9 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Defence

China: Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) European and (b) US counterparts on tackling Chinese military aggression.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) large fuel firms and (b) other stakeholders on the impact of the rise in the cost of living.

8 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Drugs: Nightclubs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the trends in the levels of illegal drugs in nightclubs across the UK.