Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that swimming pools and leisure facilities have adequate disabled access.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Film: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Northern Ireland Screen and other producers on support for the film industry in the devolved Administrations.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote staycations to support the tourism sector.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Geothermal Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of geothermal energy plants to meeting COP26 commitments by 2030.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Carbon Capture and Storage: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the two-carbon capture/storage sites that will be situated in the North of England to meeting the UK's COP26 commitments by 2030
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strategic priority of electric vehicles in meeting the UK's clean air goals.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the UK is not highly vulnerable in relation to climate change.
21 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the numbers of medicine course places which exempt students from student loan repayment and fees if they stay with the
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the number of places for medical students that allow for no repayment of student loans or fees in the event that tho
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit midwives back into full NHS service who continue to work full time hours within the bank system.
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide free covid-19 tests to unpaid carers beyond 1 April 2022 in order that they can continue to provide care safely to those who may be vulnerable.
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eating Disorders: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns on the prevalence of eating disorders and body dysmorphia among young people, what discussions he has had with relevan
15 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enable farms to carry out improvements required to be more (a) efficient, (b) productive and (c) environmentally sustainable.
15 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade
Agriculture: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to tackle labour shortages in farming; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of those shortages on trade deals.
15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, what plans his Department has to support children with M
15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI) teachers, if his Department will create a MSI education fund for l
15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there are sufficient numbers of specialist teachers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities.
15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Amikacin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a planned timetable for Arikayce liposomal becoming available to patients on the NHS.
14 Mar 2022 · COP26
Climate Change: China
To ask the President of COP26, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on tackling climate change.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will next meet to discuss which treatments should be considered for prioritisation.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: Amikacin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will consider Arikayce liposomal as a treatment for patients with non-tuberculosis mycobacteria.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Shingles: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce Shingrix into the National Immunisation Programme, in line with JCVI recommendations.
14 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Biocidal Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Government department or agency is responsible for overseeing the correct use of biocides in (a) all settings and (b) hospital settings.
14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zhang Chunlei
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the (a) United Nations, (b) US Administration or (c) EU about the detention of Pastor Zhang Chunlei.
14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policy of China’s use of the charge of inciting subversion of state power to justify arrests and the deten
14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zhang Chunlei
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports of the detention of Pastor Zhang Chunlei; and what steps her Department has taken to raise this matter with
14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to commend President Zelenskyy for his response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alcoholism: Ketamine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of ketamine in the treatment of alcoholism.
14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of placing councils under a duty to provide early help.
11 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Shingles: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce Shingrix into the national immunisation programme.
Source: official written-questions record.