Written questions
912 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Adoption and Foster Care: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide equal support to foster parents and adoptive parents including through provision of (a) training, (b) respite and (c) financial support.
21 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Adoption: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will takes steps to help ensure local authority accountability in cases where full mental health information is not disclosed to adoptive parents prior to adoption.
21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Argentina: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Argentine counterpart regarding gender-based violence and violence against women in that country.
21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Internally Displaced People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of report by The Council for Human Rights and Displacement which states that 10,698 people were affected by
21 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Peru
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Peruvians who would like to travel to the UK are able to do so without a visa.
21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Peru: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Peruvian counterpart on the availability of visas for Peruvians who would like to travel to the UK.
14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Latin America: Marriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Latin America on the legalisation of same-sex marriage in their respective country.
9 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether care homes are legally able to deny visits from family or friends if there are positive cases of covid-19 in that care home.
9 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to transition the UK energy sector to sustainable energy sources, such as wind, tidal or hydro, following sanctions on the Russian Government.
9 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Brazil: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Brazilian counterpart on a peaceful transfer of power in the event that one is necessary following the 2022 Presidential Election in
9 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Brazil: Election Observers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's position is on sending election observers to Brazil for the 2022 Presidential Election.
9 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Brazil: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to (a) increase monitoring of human rights in Brazil and (b) include Brazil in her Department's annual report on human rights and democracy for 2022.
28 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Dominican Republic: Haiti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Dominican Republic counterpart regarding reports of plans to build a wall between that country and Haiti.
28 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Russian counterpart on that country's obligations under the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in the context of the confl
21 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Defence
AWE
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 24 June 2021 to Question 19488 and 6 December 2018 to Question 198373, what his most recent estimate is of the (a) anticipated out-turn cost and (b) projected in-service date of each of
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cycling: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in the context of the recent success of UK cyclists at the 2022 UCI Cycli-cross World Championships, whether her Department (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide support to enable a
18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ratify Protocol V of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; and when that convention will be ratified by the House.
18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on reports that Iran may have enough material to acquire nuclear weapons in weeks.
18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the assassination attempt on Libyan prime minister, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah.
18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lindsay de Feliz
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has provided support to the government of the Dominican Republic for the investigation into the death of Lindsay de Feliz in that country.
18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Brazil: Rainforests
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that more than 1,000 square km of the Amazon rainforest has been felled to expand soya farms in M
10 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Honduras: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Honduran counterpart on the guilty verdict findings against six environmental activists for alleged crimes against a mining company in t
7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cuba: Food and Agriculture Organization
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on the operations of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Cuba.
7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department has a gender balance in its staffing.
2 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government's criteria for parents in full time higher education to access childcare grants is the same as the criteria set out by Student Finance England.
2 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that parents in higher education are eligible for childcare grants through Student Finance England.
2 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Council: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the British Council regarding the recent data breach which has reportedly exposed at least 10,000 records held by the British Council.
2 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ecuador: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help the Ecuadorian Government following the flooding in Quito.
2 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Brazilian counterpart on the situation between Ukraine and Russia, following reports that President Bolsonaro will travel to Russ
31 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Wills: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Law Commission on the date of the publication of that body's report on reforming the laws on wills.
Source: official written-questions record.