Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Travel Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK travellers abroad to take out adequate holiday insurance.

7 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Vietnam: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Vietnamese government on human rights abuses and persecution of Christians.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the amount of regulation on farming.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help prevent the hunting to extinction of endangered species.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Northern Ireland counterparts on assistance for dairy farmers in Northern Ireland; and what assistance her Department is giving such farmers.

7 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is giving to women soldiers in Iraq through (a) training and (b) provision of body armour.

6 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will commission an international and independent review of organ harvesting in China.

5 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Tobacco: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of plain packaging on rates of (a) smoking and (b) lung cancer.

5 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to improve local pharmacy dispensing arrangements; and if he will regularly review service levels.

5 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all pregnant women are given the opportunity to choose to give birth at home.

5 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Pain

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps NHS England has taken to assist in reducing the incidence of chronic pain.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Pain

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has allocated to (a) assess the extent of and (b) treat chronic pain.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Pain

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of potential savings to the public purse that would accrue from a reduction in the incidence of chronic pain.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Neuroblastoma

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new treatments for high-risk neuroblastoma are planned for availability on the NHS.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Migraines: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans for TEV-48125 to be made available on the NHS.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on trends in the prominence of relationship break-up as a contributory cause of suicide over the last five years.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce avoidable deaths in people below 70 years of age.

4 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for personalised medicines for inoperable cancers to be available on the NHS.

4 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of support provided by the Turkish government to refugees and asylum seekers in that country.

4 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent or reduce the incidence of female genital mutilation in Nigeria.

4 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the government of Iran to apply without discrimination Article 58 of the Islamic Penal Code to permit Kamal Foroughi's early release.

4 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Iran on the cases of (a) Kamal Foroughi and (b) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

4 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Cluster Munitions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on steps taken by the government of Saudi Arabia to investigate the possible use of UK-supplied BL-755 cluster munitions in northern Yemen.

4 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Mosques

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the government of Burma to establish an independent investigation into the destruction of buildings in a mosque compound in the Bago Regio

4 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Cadets: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many crimes have been committed by members of the cadet forces in each of the last five years.

4 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Deepcut Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will establish an independent inquiry into deaths at Deepcut Barracks.

4 Jul 2016 · Church Commissioners

Human Trafficking

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken by the Church of England to tackle human trafficking.

4 Jul 2016 · Church Commissioners

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England has plans for educational projects to commemorate the First World War in addition to existing centenary events.

4 Jul 2016 · Cabinet Office

Separation: Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information the Government holds on the incidence of relationship break-up among people aged over 50 years of age in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.