Written questions

602 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2021 to Question 185912 and with reference to the (a) findings of the United Nations Committee Against Torture that Bahraini oversigh

12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what most recent date the UK Government held discussions with its Bahraini counterparts on allowing the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture access to (a) Bahrain

12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the (a) United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ statement that there was unnecessary and disproportionate use of force by police aga

12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the visit made by the UK Ambassador to Bahrain to Jau Prison in Bahrain on 3 May 2021, whether the UK Ambassador raised issues of human rights including the

23 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the outbreak of covid-19 at Jau Prison in Bahrain, and to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ call for the release of all prisoners of

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Bahraini counterpart on the Amnesty International report, published on 9 April 2021 on the findings that (a) Jau Prison is severely ove

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sayad Nazar al Wadaei

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on political prisoner, Sayed Nizar Alwadaei who has been placed in solitary confinement after testing positive fo

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reported arrests of the relatives of political prisoners, Mohammed Ramadhan and Mohammed AlDaqqaq, following peaceful protests in Bahrain, what assessme

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Husain Ali al-Sahlawi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Bahraini counterpart on ensuring that Bahraini political prisoner, Husain Al Sahlawi, receives urgent medical operations to remove pote

22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Abbas Malallah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the death of Abbas Mallallah, in Jau Prison, Bahrain, if the Government will support an independent investigation into Abbas Mallallah's death as requested

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Strathconon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 157144 on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, for what reason the activation of extended area service sites cannot be accelerated on sites where

23 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to establish mechanisms to receive tax return data of Highly Skilled Tier 1 (General) Migrants from HMRC for indefinite leave to remain decisions.

23 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out a timetable for the activation of all Emergency Services Network sites.

23 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Argyll and Bute

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 71074, on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, if she will take steps to allocate funding to extended area services sites across Argyll and Bute

23 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has limited the scope of its partnership with the Scottish Government to deliver sites that were formerly part of the Extended Area Service programme under the Scottish

23 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Strathconon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 71074, on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, what steps her Department has taken to look at cases where there may be a particular case for earl

22 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to extended area service sites that require a backhaul link to the main telecoms communications network to be commissioned but are otherwise ready for use, for what reason her Departmen

22 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department not supported activation of a commercial 4G service on the majority of built extended area service sites.

22 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that Extended Area Service sites are ready for commercial use by mobile networks (a) as quickly as possible and (b) ahead the move from the airwave networ

22 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Argyll and Bute

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Extended Area Service programme, for what reason only six sites in Argyll and Bute are suitable for use by a commercial 4G service.

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Immigration Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the destitution of some highly skilled migrants without indefinite leave to remain who have not been issued with immigration bail letters granting them th

8 Feb 2021 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials will be for Scotland from the five annual instalments under Article 145 UK-EU trade deal.

1 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) torture allegations which include beatings, electric shocks, and sexual abuse against political prison

1 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oman: Customs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much was spent through the Integrated Activity Fund on the customs project provided to the Royal Oman Police Customs in collaboration with the British Embassy Muscat in O

1 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter of the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute of 21 December 2020, what the most recent date was upon which the Government made representations to the G

1 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 143011 on Saudi Arabia: Training, for what reason disclosing that information would prejudice relations between the UK and another state; and for what reason

16 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Biometrics: Glasgow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of appointments for biometric testing at the Core Service Point in Glasgow are (a) free and (b) enhanced appointments which incur a charge.

15 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Police Stations: Bahrain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an Overseas Security and Justice Assessment or similar human rights due diligence was carried out before the visit of the Home Secretary to Muharraq Governorate Police in Bahrain on 6 December

14 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to provide emergency support for highly skilled migrants with pending indefinite leave to remain applications and without rights including access to public funding unde

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Pew Research Center’s 11th annual study of restrictions on religion published o

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