Written questions
9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Nov 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more women and ethnic minorities to the armed forces.
10 Nov 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Navy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to promote the Royal Navy as a career to pupils studying STEM subjects in further education.
4 Nov 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Rape
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to prevent the identity of rape victims becoming known to (a) their alleged assailants and (b) the families of their alleged assailant.
4 Nov 2014 · Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to discourage aggressive and nasty tweeting.
4 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Musculoskeletal Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government about measures to implement a public health approach to musculo-skeletal health.
4 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Kidneys: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the provision in NHS hospitals of kidney transplantation through keyhole surgery.
4 Nov 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Squirrels: Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to control squirrel pox in the red squirrel population.
4 Nov 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Navy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage school and college students to become submariners.
28 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Older Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take further steps to provide support to people who wish to work beyond pension age.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Caesarean Sections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to investigate the potential link between births by caesarean section and the incidence of autism and ADHD.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Caesarean Sections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the number of births by caesarean section in the UK.
28 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Down's Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with Down’s syndrome there were in the UK aged (a) under 15, (b) 15 to 30, (c) 30 to 50 and (d) over 50 on the latest date for which figures are available.
28 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will have discussions with the National Gamekeepers Association, the Countryside Alliance and the Land Access and Recreation Association on the protection of moorland and peat b
22 Oct 2014 · Department for International Development
Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people have received assistance from the Back Pack Health Worker Team programme funded by her Department.
22 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
NHS: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that as many staff vacancies in the NHS as possible are filled by citizens of the UK.
22 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Perinatal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS takes to assist mothers of stillborn children to come to terms with their grief.
22 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Paralysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to support University College London in its work to enable people who have been paralysed to regain the ability to walk.
22 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Thailand
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Thailand in the last six months regarding the prosecution of Andy Hall.
21 Oct 2014 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to require airlines to reimburse the air fares of people who cannot fly on their date of travel because of ill health.
21 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had with the Colombian government on human rights in that country before it took the decision to provide military assistance in that country.
16 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with the Colombian government in the last six months on future security assistance from the UK.
16 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any projects contained in the Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and the Colombian Ministry of Defence signed in January 2014 have been designed and executed; and if he will make a stateme
16 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representatives of British armed forces and his Department travelled to Colombia during 2013 and 2014.
16 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Colombia on Colombian internal security in the last 12 months.
14 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that intelligence equipment sold to the Colombian navy and army is not used to carry out surveillance on people involved in the Colombian peace talks and p
14 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to introduce human rights training for Colombian aid programmes.
14 Oct 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Colombia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions to ensure that British companies working in Colombia are not involved in land-grab from peasant land-owners.
13 Oct 2014 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that oil price reductions are passed onto the motorist.
13 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Paralysis: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had about the use of titanium implants to enable people who are paralysed by injury to regain their mobility.
13 Oct 2014 · Department of Health
Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to increase the number of people registered as organ donors for cornea transplant.
Source: official written-questions record.