Written questions

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Manufacturing Industries: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Government gives to large pharmaceutical companies to partner with universities.

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure that oil price reductions are fully passed on to customers.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on enabling foreign nurses to fill vacancies in the NHS.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Gastrointestinal System: Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with stomach disorders in each of the last five years.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the new treatment for ovarian cancer is likely to be available on the NHS.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Babies: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce deaths of premature babies.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Migraines: Diets

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on the connection between a low-fat diet and the reduction of migraine attacks.

9 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on ensuring that Kurds are part of Syria peace talks.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Multiple Sclerosis: Stem Cells

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make new stem-cell therapy available on the NHS for patients with multiple sclerosis.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make the new natural form of IVF treatment available on the NHS.

9 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal College for Nursing on the connection between cancer drugs and dementia.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the EU institutions on the recognition of British ingredients in food stuff.

8 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Divorce

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) applied for and (b) were granted divorce in each of the last five years.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Health Services: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prevent EU health tourism.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Health Services: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse of EU health tourism has been in each of the last three years.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Hepatitis: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been provided for (a) set-up costs and (b) ongong running costs of the Operational Delivery Networks established to support access to hepatitis C medicines.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Spinal Injuries: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when electrical impulse equipment for spinal injuries will be available on the NHS.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Macular Degeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in each of the last five years.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Hepatitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the proposed hepatitis C improvement framework has not been published.

8 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Liver Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential future savings to the public purse of reducing (a) hepatitis C related end-stage liver disease and (c) liver cancer.

8 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the advancement of democracy in Colombia of ongoing killings by paramilitaries there; and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart on the 24 trade unionists killed in Colombia in 2015.

8 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Colombian government's ability to guarantee safety for (a) social activists and (b) human rights defenders in the region of Catatumbo.

8 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Colombia: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Colombian counterpart on the number of trade union activists who have been killed in Cartagena in the last six months.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to reduce the administrative burden placed on fishing boats under 10 metres.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Wildlife Crime Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to assure the future funding of the National Wildlife Crime Unit for the next five years.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage households to (a) reduce food waste and (b) increase awareness of food waste.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Taste of Ulster

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the work of Taste of Ulster; and if she will introduce similar organisations throughout the UK to promote food products.

8 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Investment Income: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with small and medium-sized enterprises on the proposed change to the dividend tax.

8 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office

Nuclear Weapons: Russia

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the emergency response plans are in the event of Russia firing a nuclear bomb.

Source: official written-questions record.