Written questions
1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Glass: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the statistics published in Packaging News on 9 December 2021, what assessment his Department has made of the factors that have led to the price increase from £9.75 i
15 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Glass: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on the cause of the recent increase in glass Packaging Recycling Notes.
14 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Metropolitan Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Metropolitan Police investigate all crimes irrespective of when those crimes took place.
13 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homelessness: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how his Department plans to help protect homeless people from contracting the omicron covid-19 variant; and whether his Department plans to make extra resources available to (a) loca
8 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Restart Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to compel benefit claimants to participate in Restart placements.
6 Dec 2021 · Department for International Trade
Equipment: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British manufacturers are prohibited from selling equipment to Israeli distributors to be used to demolish homes in the occupied Palestinian territor
1 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Nationality and Borders Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the financial impact on the RNLI of proposed Government amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill.
1 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Nationality and Borders Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted the RNLI on (a) Clause 40 of the Nationality and Borders Bill and (b) Government amendment 63 regarding exemption from potential prosecutions.
1 Dec 2021 · Home Office
Nationality and Borders Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department has undertaken with the RNLI on the Nationality and Borders Bill and the duty to rescue persons in distress at sea.
29 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use existing military sites as accommodation centres for people seeking asylum.
29 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Public Health England on the design of accommodation centres for people seeking asylum.
29 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accommodation centres for people seeking asylum her Department plans to build; and what estimate she has made of the cost of building those centres.
29 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which geographic locations her Department has identified as suitable for building accommodation centres for people seeking asylum.
29 Nov 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her statement of 22 November 2021 on Channel crossings in small boats, what plans she has for the role of the military in building accommodation centres for people seeking asylum; an
21 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Housing: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made on establishing a Housing Complaints Resolution Service.
17 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Overseas Companies: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prohibit British companies profiteering from human rights abuses abroad.
17 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the recent reports that 65 environmental defenders were murdered in Colombia in 2020.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homelessness: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the homelessness funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2021 and Comprehensive Spending Review will be a three annual funding settlements or a three-year funding settlement.
17 Nov 2021 · Department for International Trade
Manufacturing Industries: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British manufacturers that make products for Israeli distributors are not being used to demolish homes in the occupied Palestinian territories.
16 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Buildings: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings of five storeys or more that have been completed in each of the last four years are known to have combustible cladding and other materials in or on the building.
16 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Construction: Materials
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of the continued use of combustible materials in building materials.
15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
HSBC
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with HSBC executives on the freezing of bank accounts of Mr Ted Hui and other pro-democracy activists.
15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
HSBC
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for HSBC to split its operations outside of China and Hong Kong in response to China's National Security Law.
15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British National (Overseas): Mandatory Provident Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with HSBC on allowing British National Overseas passport holders to withdraw their Mandatory Provident Fund pensions early.
15 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the extension of China's Foreign Anti-Sanctions Law to Hong Kong on (a) HSBC and (b) other UK-based banks.
26 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much more funding her Department is providing to legal aid specialists under its plans to increase legal aid.
26 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 12 of her Department's New Plan for Immigration, published on 16 September 2021, what estimate she has made of the number of additional children undergoing the asylum process th
26 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 5 of her Department's New Plan for Immigration, published on 16 September 2021, when she plans to increase access to legal aid for children undergoing the asylum process.
26 Oct 2021 · Home Office
Nationality and Borders Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to conduct a children's rights impact assessment for the Nationality and Borders Bill.
21 Oct 2021 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average HMRC takes to make decisions in inheritance tax cases.
Source: official written-questions record.