Written questions
912 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ecuador: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ecuadorian counterpart on impeachment proceedings of President Lasso.
17 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Refugees: Caribbean
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support the (a) Dominican Republic and (b) Turks and Caicos islands with potential increased in the number refugees arriving in thos
17 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Red Cross: Nicaragua
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking diplomatic steps to support the Red Cross following the closure of its offices in Nicaragua.
15 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of an enforced increase in the price of disposable vapes.
10 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to increase state pension rates for (a) men born before 6th April 1951 and (b) women born before 6 April 1953.
10 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Scope report entitled Disability Price Tag 2023: the extra cost of disability, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings on additio
25 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to increase maintenance loans for university students in line with inflation.
20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ecuador: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Ecuadoran counterpart on whether President Guillermo Lasso plans to dissolve Congress and call early elections.
20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Colombian Government with potential peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cuba: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the outcome of the 2023 Cuban Parliamentary Elections.
20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nicaragua: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implication's for his policies of Amnesty International's report entitled Nicaragua: A continuum of repression and systematic human rights
20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Honduras: Emergency Powers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Honduran counterpart on the extension of the state of emergency until October 2023.
20 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Latin America: Indigenous Peoples
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support indigenous communities in Latin America.
18 Apr 2023 · Home Office
Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries and Latin America
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme to (a) further European countries and (b) South and Central American countries.
30 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office
UK Integrated Security Fund
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Integrated Security Fund will provide funding and resources for the commitments in the National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security.
30 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office
UK Integrated Security Fund
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Integrated Security Fund will prioritise the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Colombian Government with tackling (a) the Oliver Sinisterra Front, (b) the Urias Rondon Mobile Column and (c) other armed groups opera
27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Taiwan: Honduras
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Honduran counterpart on Taiwanese independence.
27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
El Salvador: Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in El Salvador regarding the decriminalisation of abortion in that country.
27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Haiti: Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the publication of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis which showed an increase in the number of acutely hungry people in Haiti
22 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ecuador and Peru: Earthquakes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) Ecuador and (b) Peru following the earthquake on 18 March 2023.
22 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Haiti: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to work with the United Nations to help with its March 2023 request for the deployment of an international specialised support forc
22 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cuba: NATO and Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Cuban counterpart on the (a) causes of the war in Ukraine and (b) NATO policies.
20 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Prefabricated Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with modular housing companies on providing housing for local authorities.
20 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Funerals: Jews
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the Jewish community's burial traditions are not interrupted by the changes to the process for the registrations of deaths which occur in the community rather than
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the updates to the Second Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy made on 10 March 2023 maintain the same statutory status as the original strategy published in July 2022.
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Table 1 of the second cycling and walking investment strategy published 6 July 2022, what double counting data error led to revisions made on 10 March 2023; and if he will make a statement.
13 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning single use disposable vaping devices.
6 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Charter Treaty: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the UK and (b) the EU withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty on global efforts to tackle climate change.
6 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Haiti: International Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Canadian counterpart on the Canadian Prime Minister's announcement on 17 February 2023 that Canada will deploy warships to patrol the
Source: official written-questions record.