Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jul 2021 · Treasury
Tax Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to (a) tackle and (b) hold people accountable for tax evasion.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on bringing forward legislative proposals to reduce brain injuries in sport.
21 Jul 2021 · Treasury
Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to amend the fiscal framework for (a) second and (b) holiday homes.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with social media representatives in the UK on tackling social media users who make death threats towards politicians.
21 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long his Department plans for the RAF to continue to be deployed in Afghanistan after military troops are withdrawn.
21 Jul 2021 · Women and Equalities
Age: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle age discrimination in the workplace.
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lung Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken to quantify the indirect costs of lung cancer and its impact on the economy.
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lung Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure more people with lung cancer are diagnosed at an earlier stage in line with the Long Term Plan.
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lung Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescales are for (a) the National Screening Committee review of low dose CT scans for lung cancer and (b) his Department receiving that Committee's recommendations on that matter
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Lung Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the results of the NELSON trial on low dose CT screening for current and former smokers; and if he will make a statem
20 Jul 2021 · Treasury
Brexit: Costs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the final cost to the public purse of implementing the Withdrawal Agreement and the UK’s departure from the EU; and if he will make statement.
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dermatitis: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in average waiting times for atopic eczema patients accessing dermatology services; and what plans he has to improve access to those services.
20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Alcoholic Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban alcohol consumption on commercial flights.
20 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Kurds: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department has provided to the Kurdish people to help tackle terrorist groups affecting those people.
20 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of solar farms in the UK.
20 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tigray: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has offered assistance to officials in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to help tackle potential state terrorism in that region.
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Calcium and Milk: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage the consumption of (a) milk and (b) calcium for (i) children under the age of 8 and (ii) other young people.
20 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Social Media: Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to restrict social media sites promoting the use of online gambling.
19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional mental health support his Department plans to provide for armed forces personnel returning from Afghanistan.
19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Egyptian and Israeli counterparts on a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether all new homes will be required to meet the accessible and adaptable standard following the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes, which concluded
19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish its response to the raising accessible housing standards consultation that concluded on 1 December 2020.
19 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the health and wellbeing of disabled people.
19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Gene Therapies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK Rare Diseases Framework, whether he has had discussions with NICE on concerns arising from the first gene therapy for a rare disease to go through NICE's appraisal process
19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of emerging treatments from AstraZeneca for ovarian and kidney cancer being made available through the NHS.
19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Liver Diseases: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Correction for Luther et al., Hepatic gap junctions amplify alcohol liver injury by propagating cGAS-mediated IRF3 activation, published in the PNAS journal of 11 May 2020, if he
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the Royal College of Physicians' (RCP) eleventh survey of RCP members and fellows that 27 per cent of consultants expect to retire in the next three years and many
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with NICE to help ensure that its committees (a) adequality consider and (b) are accountable to patient testimony.
15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NICE plans to broaden its application of the non-reference discount rate to the single technology appraisal pathway.
15 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Fruit and Vegetables
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to raise awareness of more environmental ways of growing fruit and vegetables.
Source: official written-questions record.