Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Electronic Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Project Pegasus on the right to (a) privacy and (b) data protection.

20 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Food Standards Agency has made an assessment of the potential impact of changing the legal definition of wishbone meat.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Food Standards Agency on changing the legal definition of wishbone meat.

7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Novel Foods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2022 to Question 105459 on Food: Research, what progress the Food Standards Agency has made in developing dedicated guidance materials for alternative pr

7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Novel Foods: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's food strategy white paper, published on June 2022, what steps the Food Standards Agency is taking to help food producers conduct (a) safe and (b) limited tastings

7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Novel Foods: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 20 of his Department's food strategy white paper, published on June 2022, what his planned timetable is for when the Food Standards Agency will review the novel foods regulat

7 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help promote talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

7 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding for biomedical research into myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is adequate; and whether he plans to take steps to establish a centre of excel

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Hybrid Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide an exemption for hybrid vehicles from having a fully operational range extender in MOT tests.

7 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs against travel to Russia would qualify as an insurmountable obstacle as set out in Ex.2 of the Immigration Rules Appendix FM: fami

24 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia and Azerbaijan: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help promote talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

23 Oct 2023 · Home Office

University of Cambridge: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure clarity on (a) new student visa rules which will affect international PhD students in Cambridge listed in their first year as Not at first registered and (b) the rig

18 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Non-molestation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that non-molestation orders as result of domestic abuse should apply automatically to any children of the parent who has been abused.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the treatment by recruitment agencies of nurses working in social care who were recruited from India.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on VAT of the High Court judgment of 28 July 2023 in Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council; and if he will make a statement.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the application of VAT to taxis and licensed minicab journeys on vulnerable people who need to use taxis and private-hire vehicles.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to taxis and licensed minicabs journeys on minicab businesses operating in remote areas.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying a 0% VAT rate for licensed minicab operator journeys.

13 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the judgment in the case of Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 1975 (KB), what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of that judgment on the applicatio

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications were received for the Sustainable Farming Initiative between January and September 2023; and how many of those applications have been awarded as of 20 September 2

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Cycleways: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps with Sustrans to improve Route 11 of the National Cycle Network in Cambridge.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Cycleways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding given by his Department to maintain the National Cycle Network.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Cycleways: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the National Cycle Network in providing opportunities for active travel in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the average cost for retrofitting a single house under the Whole House Retrofit and the Social Housing decarbonisation Fund (a) as budgeted for in the original a

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2023 to Question 194553 on Planning: Agriculture, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of consulting on proposals to help support

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure (a) peri-urban land and (b) high-quality rural land is protected for food growing through the planning system.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farm Tenancy Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her priority outcomes are for the work of the Farm Tenancy Forum.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farm Tenancy Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Baroness Rock has been invited to be a member of the Farm Tenancy Forum.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farm Tenancy Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the members of the Farm Tenancy Forum.

19 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farm Tenancy Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was discussed at the first meeting of the Farm Tenancy Forum on 19 July 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.