Written questions
602 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Yazidis
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have had with her international counterparts on establishing an investigation into the fate and location of the 2
14 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to urgently expedite the applications of (a) staff employed by Adam Smith International and (b) others employed by the UK government’s implementing partners that worked across A
14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many applications have been submitted to the his Department's special cases email address since its launch in August 2021.
14 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, how many applicants were (a) accepted, (b) called forward to Kabul International Airport, (c) evacuated by 28 August, (d) rejected, (e) appealed, an
14 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and the special cases applications, how many applications were from (a) current or past locally employed UK government staff, (b) private companies i
14 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme (a) applications were fully processed, (b) applicants and their families were able to leave for the UK before 14 August 2021 and (c) applicants were proces
14 Sep 2021 · Home Office
Resettlement: Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have submitted an application to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme including applicants and their family members between 1 April and 14 September 2021; and how many a
19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s factsheet entitled Nonbelievers in Africa published on 11 June 2021, what assessment his
19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of claims by UN experts on 14 June 2021 that they had obtained credible information that (a) detainees from minority communities in Ch
1 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Members and Peers: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will respond to the letter to the Rt hon. Member for Braintree and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon of 7 June 2021 from Human Rights Watch on cases of Bahraini child
1 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter to the Rt hon. Member for Braintree and Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon of 7 June 2021 from Human Rights Watch, what recent assessment he has made of the
1 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahraini Ministry of Interior Ombudsman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the investigation published on 7 June 2021 by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Human Rights Watch on abuses of children in detention and t
1 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the (a) Answer of 8 June 2021 to Question 7836, and (b) visit by the Rt Hon. Member for Braintree to Bahrain in March 2021, what human rights issues were discusse
28 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Syria: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the Syrian people of sanctions against Syria.
28 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Aid to the Church in Need, published 11 June 2021, that Islamist groups in Pakistan ar
28 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Kidnapping
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the abduction of children by terrorists in Mozambique.
28 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications for his policies of the report by Aid to the Church in Need, published 23 June 2021, on the refusal of the Water and Sanitati
11 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Shipping: Capital Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with HMRC on the classification of long- and short-term vessels under the Capital Allowance scheme for commercial maritime vessels.
11 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Shipping: Assets
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on HMRC’s enforcement of classification of long- and short-term assets for commercial maritime vessels.
11 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Shipping: Assets
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on changing the classification of long-term assets in the maritime sector.
4 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hassan Mushaima
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to reports that imprisoned Bahraini opposition leader, Hasan Mushaima, has developed serious symptoms due to diabetes, what urgent representations the Governme
4 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gulf Strategy Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question HL15129, if he will provide the allocated budget for the Gulf Strategy Fund, broken down by each financial year that
4 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Human Rights: Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has allocated funding to the University of Huddersfield for the provision of that university's PhD in human rights; and whether that PhD course is planned to be reserved for Bah
27 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 752, on what most recent date the UK Government held discussions with its Bahraini counterparts on allowing the United Natio
27 May 2021 · Home Office
Human Rights: Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the meeting of 25 May 2021 between the Rt Hon Member for Witham and the Bahraini Minister of Interior, whether her Department held discussions with the University of Huddersfield on
26 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the visit by the Rt Hon Member for Braintree to Bahrain in March 2021, whether the Government raised human rights issues during that visit, including (a) ca
26 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 750 on Bahrain: Political Prisoners, whether the UK Ambassador to Bahrain raised human rights issues on his 7 May 2021 visit
26 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK Ambassador to Bahrain did not meet families of Jau Prison inmates who were subject to reported (a) abuse, (b) enforced disappearance and (c) incommunic
19 May 2021 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's Alcohol Duty Review citation of concerns that a differential duty rate could increase levels of fraud, what effect those concerns have had on his assessment of the potential merits
19 May 2021 · Treasury
Whisky: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of a differential duty rate on administration costs for (a) producers and (b) retailers of Scotch whisky.
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