Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Environmental Land Management schemes on (a) land use, (b) food production and (c) food productivity.

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to assess whether the Environmental Land Management scheme is contributing towards the Government’s environmental goals.

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that tenant farmers will be able to access Environmental Land Management Schemes.

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the current review into the regulations on dog microchipping and the related microchipping database systems will be completed.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of labour supplies in the poultry sector on that sector's efforts to tackle the avian influenza outbreak.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to reintroduce an extension of the Seasonal Workers Pilot to include poultry workers.

16 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reintroduce the scheme for temporary visas to poultry workers in 2022.

7 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on financial support for rural communities.

7 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rural Areas: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what comparative assessment he has made of the support received by rural areas under (a) EU structural funds and (b) the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

6 Dec 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Areas: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide alternative support to rural businesses to help them diversify as Basic Payment Scheme income reduces.

5 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Steve Moir

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Health and Safety Executive investigation into the death of Steve Moir on the Guided Busway in Cambridgeshire will conclude.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Crops

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of cost pressures on the English fruit and vegetable sector.

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether mandatory CCTV in abattoirs has resulted in any prosecutions of abattoir employees for offences against animals.

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pigs were exported overseas from (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland in each month of the last three years.

25 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Remote Working: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to coronavirus home-working tax relief, for what reason volunteers for charitable organisations that are office holders are treated differently from those volunteers who are not.

20 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled butchers have (a) been granted a temporary visa and (b) arrived in the UK under the extension to the seasonal workers scheme announced on 14 October 2021.

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pigs were slaughtered in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland in each month of the last three years.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many healthy pigs have been culled on farms in each week during the last three months.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of expanding the scope of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's Innovation Office to support UK

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the regulatory assistance the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency provides to UK-based SMEs compared to the European Medicines Agency’s SME office.

19 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on building strong links with global regulators to position the UK as a route to international markets.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government plans to take to improve enforcement of noise limit regulations for vehicles.

18 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Rented Housing

What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on preventing illegal practices in the rental sector.

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to clear the backlog of asylum applications, and if she will reinstate the six-month service standard for assessing asylum applications.

3 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated from the £226.5 million covid-19 bus operator recovery grant (a) to each combined authority area and (b) in total from the commencement of that grant until 1 September 2021.

18 Aug 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Accountancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the timeframe is for the publication of his Department's annual accounts.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wines: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to remove the requirement for VI-1 certificates on wine imports.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether new processes for determining pesticide use applications will be compliant with the environmental decision-making aspects of the Aarhus Convention.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations are undertaken as part of the pesticide authorisation process between the submission of an application for a derogation to use a banned pesticide and the decision re

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation his Department is taking as part of the pesticide authorisation process between the submission of an application for a new pesticide and the decision on that applicat

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