Written questions

912 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Floods

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the impact on Brazil’s GDP of floods in the Rio Grande do Sul region.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Armed Forces

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the news release entitled Myanmar: Military Forcibly Recruiting Rohingya, published by Human Rights Watch on 9 April 2024.

21 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to implement tariffs on vehicles produced in China.

21 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: National Security

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent arrest of three men charged with aiding the Hong Kong Intelligence Service.

16 May 2024 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on making funding available to Leeds City Council to ensure the continuation of Little Owls nursery provision.

16 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS provision of specialist ME or chronic fatigue syndrome services; and if she will take steps to increase the number of clinicians who specialise

16 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) has and (b) plans to provide funding for new treatments for ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.

13 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Tax Evasion

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the British Overseas Territories on tackling tax evasion in those territories.

9 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Trading Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that Trading Standards have adequate resources to investigate all reports it is provided on the alleged operation of rogue traders.

9 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle companies that make employees redundant without (a) giving notice and (b) following a consultation process.

9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Darfur: Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Human Rights Watch entitled The Massalit Will Not Come Home: Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur,

9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the ruling by the Appeal Court in Hong Kong on the banning of the song entitled Glory to Hong Kong.

9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Piracy: Indian Ocean

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Houthis extending attacks on shipping to the wider Indian Ocean.

9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Organised Crime

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department will provide support to Haitian police to help tackle the increase in violence from criminal gangs.

9 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Peru: Indigenous Peoples

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his Peruvian counterpart on supporting families from the indigenous Kichwa community of Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu.

9 May 2024 · Department for Education

Faith Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending the cap on faith school admissions.

7 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South America: Water

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department plans to take steps with (a) NGOs and (b) charities to tackle deficiencies in water (i) quality and (ii) access in South American countries due to El Niño.

7 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South America: Food Insecurity

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department is taking to support people facing food insecurity due to El Niño in (a) Colombia, (b) Ecuador, (c) Peru and (d) Bolivia.

7 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

BGI Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the BGI Group (a) has or (b) has ever had contracts with his Department.

7 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to help sustainable aviation fuel producers meet levels of demand from airlines.

7 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to increase the provision of fast chargers for electric vehicles.

7 May 2024 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to vehicle tax for electric and low emissions vehicles from 1 April 2025 on the number of purchases of those vehicles.

7 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Russia's threat of a military response following the UK's provision of long-range missiles to Ukraine.

7 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Floods

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to take steps to support the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul following recent floods in that area.

7 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ministry of Defence: Cybersecurity

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps his Department plans to take to investigate the recent MoD security breach.

1 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Centre for Economic Business Research entitled The pothole crisis is costing £14.4 billion a year in economic damage in En

1 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Haiti: Politics and Government

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what support his Department plans to provide to (a) Fritz Bélizaire, (b) Edgard Leblanc and (c) the Transitional Council in Haiti.

1 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Georgia: Politics and Government

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what discussions he has had with his Georgian counterpart on the recent riots in that country relating to the On Transparency of Foreign Influence bill.

1 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Coronavirus

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of the transparency of the Chinese government on their handling of the covid-19 outbreak and (b) implications for his policies of the protest by Zhang Yongzhen.

1 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Toomaj Salehi

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had discussions with his Iranian counterpart on Toomaj Salehi’s death sentence.

Source: official written-questions record.