Written questions

1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Prostitution: Rotherham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to help victims of sexual exploitation exit prostitution in Rotherham.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6253 on Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to allow bottom tra

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Cars: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with car manufacturers on the potential impact of digitally connected cars on the safety of domestic abuse survivors.

24 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the recommendations of his Department's report entitled Good for you, good for us, good for everybody: A plan to reduce overprescribin

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he is taking steps to (a) collaborate with international partners on best practices and (b) align regulatory frameworks for animal testing; and what discussions he has had with

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to consult (a) civil society, (b) animal protection organisations and (c) the public on policy decisions on animal testing.

24 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6251 on Sudan: Development Aid, if he will break down the?£97 million allocated to Sudan by funding to (a) multilaterals

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Forced Labour

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 6252 on Forced Labour, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of potential steps he can take to help prevent goods from entering the UK

18 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) impact of inflation on thresholds for qualification as a large business under Extended Producer Responsibility and (b) merits of

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many culled badger carcasses have tested positive for TB since 2013; what plans his Department has for the number of badgers to be culled up to January 2026; and of those how many

7 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Sunscreens: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential impact of removing VAT from sunscreen on the incidence of (a) melanoma and (b) non-melanoma skin cancers.

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Skin Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce melanoma incidence rates.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority on reinstating the airspace for Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on the (a) glass, (b) aluminium and (c) plastic packaging sectors.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2024 to Question 4529 on Marine Protected Areas, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of bottom trawl fishing on his nature conser

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Forced Labour

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals equivalent to the (a) US Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, (b) EU Corporate sustainability due diligen

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Development in response to the question from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, during the Urgent Question o

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2024 to Question 4722 on Fisheries, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) adopting and (b) implementing the Global Charter

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sustainable Development: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published by the UN on 24 July 2024, what steps his Department plans to take to accel

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last had discussions with the (a) Kennel Club, (b) RSPCA, (c) Dogs Trust and (d) Battersea Cats and Dogs Home on the use of electric shock collars to train pet dogs.

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Cats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain in 2023, published by her Department on 11 September 2024, what the aims were for the 63 experimenta

4 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain in 2023, published by her Department on 11 September 2024, what the project aims were for the 21 pro

10 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the findings of the Decapods: Call for Evidence, published on 5 July 2023; and what recent estimate she has made of when the Animals in Science Committee will report on options for

10 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the audit of the UK-China bilateral relationship; and what topics that audit will consider.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (a) domestically and (b) internationally.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to end the use of snare traps by 1st January 2025.

6 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending Winter Fuel Payment eligibility to people receiving Attendance Allowance.

6 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the next phase of the consultation on restricting bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas (MPAs); and whether he plans to include an option for bott

5 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking as penholder on Sudan to support the development of options for the deployment of a civilian protection mission for that country in coordi

4 Sep 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1045, if he will make it his policy to publish a timetable by Christmas 2024 for phasing out animal testing.

Source: official written-questions record.