Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with social media companies on preventing the exposure of underage children to harmful material.

15 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Money: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that businesses accept cash as a method of payment for goods during the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) appropriateness of the timing and (b) adequacy of the management of the US withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will instruct NHS Improvement to require the Centre for Perioperative Care to consider preventative guidelines on surgical fires as part of the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedur

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to revise the NHS Never Events policy and framework to classify surgical fires in operating theatres as a Never Event.

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2020 to Question 114184 on Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Centre for Perioperative Care have taken steps to

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2020 to Question 114184, what steps the national patient safety team at NHS England and NHS Improvement have taken to adopt the recommendations and guidance of

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Operating Theatres: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many surgical fires occurred in operating theatres in NHS England Trusts from April 2019 to October 2021.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the International Development Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2019-21, The Humanitarian Situation in Tigray, HC 1289, published on 30 April 2021, what s

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of funding allocated by the Government in response to the Tigray crisis is supporting refugees in Sudan; and what steps her Department is taking

9 Nov 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: New Zealand

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to complete the trade deal with New Zealand.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fossil Fuels: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with oil companies on establishing a review of oil and gas prices.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heart Diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will allocate additional funding to help identify drugs to help improve heart function in people with diabetes who have had heart attacks.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the lifting of some covid-19 restrictions, what additional steps he is taking to help prevent the spread of covid-19 in hospitals.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage uptake of the free seasonal flu vaccine among those aged 50-64.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Christianity: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the equity of Christian nurses facing discrimination on grounds of religion.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gastroschisis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been diagnosed with gastroschisis in the UK in the last five years.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poaching: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce harsher sentencing for poachers.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to engage with carriers that refuse refunds for customers who were not legally allowed to fly during lockdown.

9 Nov 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Irish Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to ensure a choice for schools who do not wish to teach the Irish Language in any legislative proposals on the Irish Language.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the estimated timescale is for increasing to national living wage.

9 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to increase security in patient care facilities for those who are victims of (a) knife and (b) other violent crimes.

9 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support will be offered to people who struggle financially when the furlough scheme ends.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mali: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions has he had with his French counterpart on assisting those affected by the recent attacks in Mali.

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nuclear Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions has he had with his counterparts in China and the US on nuclear weapons.

5 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Mining and Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on tackling (a) illegal mining, (b) cocaine production and (c) the trafficking of animals in Colombia.

5 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance she will provide to enable the Afghanistan Girls National Football Team to travel to Australia safely to partake in football matches.

5 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland administration on having the Union Jack on labels of food that enters Northern Ireland.

5 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sotorasib

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when new drug, Sotorasib, will be available on the NHS for lung cancer patients.

5 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Analgesics: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to minimise the financial impact on the NHS of the availability on prescription of paracetamol and other basic painkillers.

Source: official written-questions record.