Jim Shannon

9 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Sector: Electrical Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that public sector projects are resourced with adequately qualified electrical workers.

9 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC statistical release of 28 June 2018 on the Government's policy to provide support to a maximum of two children, what the ethnicity is of the 70,620 households not in receipt of an exceptio

9 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of an adequate number of appropriately trained people as guides for the blind; and whether he has held discussions with the RNIB on the training of

9 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that Iran is using its embassies in Europe as cover for terrorist activity.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Leave: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on women on maternity leave.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for International Trade

Exports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussion he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the export of goods and services from Northern Ireland.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to strengthen the collaboration between UK and Israeli companies in the medical sector.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Ulster Scots Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to provide funding for regional youth programmes on historical and cultural topics relevant to Ulster Scots.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the lowering of stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals in Northern Ireland.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on releasing the £150 million allocated to improve rural broadband in Northern Ireland.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on with whom responsibility will lie for Tourism Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.

13 Sep 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Norwegian Refugee Council on Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

13 Sep 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the recent Iran Freedom gathering in Paris.

12 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the use of automated medicine cabinets on the level of deaths as a result of medication errors in the NHS.

12 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of medication errors made each year in the NHS.

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of people who are (a) killed and (b) injured by motorists who are over the legal limit of alcohol.

12 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lecanemab

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make available on the NHS the drug BAN2401 for the prevention of Alzheimers.

11 Sep 2018 · Treasury

Diesel: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of diesel fuel.

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mayflower: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with tourist boards in the UK on marketing the whole of the UK to American visitors as part of the Mayflower 400 year celebrations.

11 Sep 2018 · Treasury

Nurses: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on the provision of additional funding for NHS nurses in Northern Ireland.

11 Sep 2018 · Treasury

Food: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland administration on support for the food and drink manufacturing sector.

6 Sep 2018 · Attorney General

Convictions

To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking with regional police forces to help secure convictions.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help ensure impartiality in news reporting by publicly-funded news stations.

4 Sep 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations on the June 2016 resolution of the US Congress entitled Expressing concern regarding persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctione

24 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has plans to support the creation of an international and independent review of the issue of organ harvesting in China.

24 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nepal: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British Embassy staff in Nepal receive training on local religions, patterns of discrimination and conflict between religious groups and the interaction of religion with society.

24 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on the means by which Fulani herders in Nigeria come into possession of sophisticated weaponry.

24 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to support the Nigerian Government in alleviating the conflict between Fulani herders and farming communities.

24 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Blasphemy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his polices of the submissions on proposed procedural amendments to check the misuse of blasphemy law in Pakistan authored by the Pak

24 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Blasphemy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on strengthening the legal procedures relating to religious blasphemy charges in that country to protect against frivolous ac