Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government's policy on trade negotiations includes not allowing the UK to revert to Codex Alimentarius standards on pesticides.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government's policy on trade negotiations allows the devolved nations to introduce stricter measures on protecting human health and the environment from pesticides.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government’s policy on trade negotiations allows the UK Government to reject clauses in proposed free trade agreements which create additional obligations which require a more stringent ap

1 Sep 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Environment protection

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government’s policy on trade negotiations allows the UK to increase (a) current UK pesticide standards and (b) levels of consumer and environmental protection beyond existing applicable in

28 Aug 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Repossession Orders: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many property possession orders are (a) suspended and (b) pending in Cambridge due to the implementation of the eviction ban during the covid-19 outbreak in March 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many section 21 notices are pending in Cambridge due to the implementation of the eviction ban during the covid-19 outbreak in March 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sertraline

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure a reliable supply of sertraline after the transition period.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to (a) commission independent annual reviews of the implementation of the 25 Year Environment Plan and (b) make a statement to Parliament when updates to

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the 2020 25 Year Environment Plan progress update, what steps the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to reach its target to restore 75 per cent of protect

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving from vehicle excise duty to road-user charging; and if he will make a statement.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport

Trains: Diesel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when diesel trains will cease to operate on the rail network.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to enable local authorities to introduce electric vehicle workplace charging schemes without prior permission from his Department.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when part-time season tickets will be introduced for commuter services into (a) London, (b) Manchester (c) Birmingham.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cane Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the (a) decision to include a 260,000 tonnes Autonomous Tariff Quota for raw cane sugar in the Govern

28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cane Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the 260,000 tonnes Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for raw cane sugar included in the Government's UK Global Tariff scheme is intended to balance support for UK producers and to maintain prefere

28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cane Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Trade and Agriculture Commission will review the 260,000 tonnes Autonomous Tariff Quota for raw cane sugar included in the Government's UK Global Tariff scheme in its upcoming report.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cane Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the 260,000 tonnes Autonomous Tariff Quota for raw cane sugar included in the Government's UK Global Tariff scheme does not have an adverse effect on the UK's c

28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade

Cane Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the 260,000 tonnes Autonomous Tariff Quota for raw cane sugar included in the Government's UK Global Tariff scheme to Tate & Lyle S

28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade

Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what impact assessment was carried out prior to the decision to include a 260,000 tonnes Autonomous Tariff Quota for raw cane sugar in the Government's UK Global Tariff scheme on the potential effect

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Hydrogen: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support private investment in the UK's hydrogen sector.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is requiring local authorities to report how they have spent their discretionary 25 per cent allocation of the Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund; and how much funding has been all

25 Aug 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on data adequacy negotiations with other trade partners of the agreement with the US on access to electronic data.

22 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of online remote asylum interviews.

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Children's Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether covid-19 social distancing guidelines for the indoor play sector need to be signed off by the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Public Health England before the indoor play

15 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will issue guidance on the use of EWS1 forms so that mortgage lenders cannot insist on them for buildings under 18m.

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Partridges and Pheasants: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the mortality rate is on game farms for (a) pheasants and (b) partridges used for breeding purposes; and what the mortality rate is on game farms for the offspring of those pheasa

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Partridges: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to establish welfare outcomes for breeding partridges farmed in metal cages; what his policy is on the amount of time that a partridge can be kept c

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Partridges and Pheasants: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pheasant and partridge (a) poults and (b) fertilised eggs were imported into the UK in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and how many of those imports came from breeding birds kept in c

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many game rearing businesses have applied to the Government for financial assistance during the covid-19 outbreak; and how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to

9 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he has made an environmental assessment of the effect of supertrawlers fishing in UK Marine Protected Areas.

Source: official written-questions record.