Written questions

Jim Shannon

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

ME/CFS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in the last year.

30 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on trafficking of Yesidi girls from IS-controlled territories.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has recently commissioned on the effects of pesticides on UK ecosystems.

30 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Firearms: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in EU member states on the effect of proposed EU legislation on firearms on shooting sports in the UK.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect bird species which are red-listed on the endangered species list.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Great Bustards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the programme to reintroduce the great bustard on Salisbury plain.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Coal

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the UK's coal resources are used in the most effective manner.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Gender: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on teaching of transgender issues to (a) four year olds and (b) other school children.

30 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women were injured while serving in Afghanistan in each year of the UK's engagement in war in that country.

30 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Marines: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that marines who attended a demonstration at Downing Street in respect of Marine Blackman are not subject to disciplinary procedures.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

FIFA

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to recover from Fifa the costs of England's 2018 World Cup bid.

30 Nov 2015 · Cabinet Office

Hacking

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost to the economy of computer hacking.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Construction: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent support his Department has provided to building construction firms to ensure their bills are paid on time.

30 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Insurance: Weather

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with representatives of the insurance industry the effect on premiums of changing weather conditions.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support the creation of painting and decorating opportunities in the construction sector.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Public Houses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will have discussions with pub chains on training staff to identify people with suicidal tendencies in order to stop serving such people alcohol.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of staff turnover in his Department was in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to reduce such turnover.

25 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sierra Leone: Ebola

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the effectiveness of Government's response to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

25 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Russian government on the aircraft from that country which crashed in Egypt on 31 October 2015.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Quotas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure UK fishing quotas are not transferred to other EU countries; and if she will make a statement.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Housing: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure companies that install solar panels on homes are insured for that installation.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Languages: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of school children studying foreign languages.

23 Nov 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Veterans: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland of 18 November 2015, Official Report, what steps her Department is taking to support military veteran

23 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the introduction of a 10 year firearms licence.

23 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Brittany Ferries: Game

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Brittany Ferries on the carriage of game birds on their ships.