Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jan 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 discussions he is having with representatives from the North Sea oil and gas industry on that industry supporting the transition to net zero.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to incentivise and provide financial support to energy providers with low carbon emissions.

26 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with his counterparts in the Devolved administrations to tackle child sexual exploitation.

26 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dermatitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with eczema in the last three years.

26 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in hospital with covid-19 have not received a covid-19 vaccine.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Barriers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 November 2021 entitled DIT removes 20 per cent more trade barriers to unlock major markets for British business, what assessment she has made of

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Holocaust: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase teaching of the events of the Holocaust in UK schools.

25 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken a review since March 2020 of the ability of abortion providers to ensure that women have privacy during a remote consultation for medical abortion pills.

25 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risk assessment his Department has undertaken to help ensure that women accessing abortion pills via telemedical services since March 2020 are protected from (a) sex traffickers, (b) abusive p

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: EU External Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts to support Ukraine in the context of recent Russian activity.

25 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle waiting times for heart scans.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia: Churches

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the destruction of churches in Armenia on freedom of religion or belief in that country.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christianity: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of Aid to the Church in Need’s report, entitled Hear Her Cries, published on 28 November 2021.

25 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Baha'i Faith: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief for Baha’is.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ahmadiyya: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief for Ahmadiyya Muslims.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Maira Shahbaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made recent representations to the Pakistani Government on the case of Maira Shahbaz.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to help ensure that the UK-hosted conference on freedom of religion or belief in July 2022 results in tangible outcomes.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help counter international digital persecution of religious minorities through online surveillance and intimidation.

24 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the final report of the Bishop of Truro's Independent review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO sup

21 Jan 2022 · Women and Equalities

Sexual Harassment: Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to (a) raise awareness of and (b) tackle the matter of sexual harassment of young women in the workplace.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Motor Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to increase the penalty for driving without insurance.

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support families who are not entitled to tax credits and whose wages have not risen to manage (a) energy costs and (b) the cost of living.

21 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yazidis: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with its international counterparts to help trace missing Yazidi women.

21 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made on sanctioning perpetrators of freedom of religion or belief abuses.

20 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Prescription Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people by (a) age group and (b) gender have been prescribed anti-histamines in the most recent period for which that information is available.

20 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in response to the risks to religious minorities in Afghanistan.

20 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support freedom of religion or belief for Jehovah's Witnesses imprisoned in Russia.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Government has made of whether local authorities may need additional support to deliver the proposals set out in its forthcoming Levelling Up white paper.

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her counterparts in China on the continued attack on the human rights of citizen journalists, academics, human rights lawyers, human righ

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on discrimination faced by Palestinians.

Source: official written-questions record.