Daniel Zeichner

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential financial impact of the proposed cap on rent increases on housing associations in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Pre-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department's policy that energy companies should be able to install pre-payment meters in homes without (a) notice and (b) homeowner permission; and whether he h

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Avian Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support the poultry industry in response to the 2022 bird flu outbreak; how much financial support has been provided to that industry in response

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected annual (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure will be on the Major Projects Portfolio projects entitled (i) Biosecurity, Borders and Trade Programme, (ii) Science C

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding (a) his Department allocated to and (b) was spent by the (i) Seafood Innovation Fund, (ii) Catchment Sensitive Farming, (iii) Seafood Exports package, (iv) Fisheries a

27 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding (a) his Department allocated to and (b) was spent by the (i) Sustainable Farming Incentive, (ii) Farming Investment Fund, (iii) Farming Equipment and Technology Fund,

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35971 on Environmental Land Management Schemes, how much of the £2.5 billion expected to be spent in the current Parliament his Depar

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the total amount forecast to be spent on Environmental Land Management schemes his Department plans to spend with individuals and businesses who previously received direct

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide a list of each organisation he and other Ministers in his Department have met with to discuss Environmental Land Management schemes since his appointment.

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent in total on direct payments broken down by payments (a) under £30,000, (b) £30,000-£50,000, (c) £50,000-£150,000 and (iv) more than £150,000 in each of th

19 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is forecast to be spent on Environmental Land Management scheme programmes in each year to 2030.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm businesses are participating in Environmental Land Management scheme programmes according to the direct payments (a) under £30,000 (b) £30,000-£50,000 (c) £50,000-£150,00

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm businesses are participating in Environmental Land Management scheme programmes in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) region of England.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farm businesses signed up to participate in each Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme programme in each year since its inception.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Water Abstraction

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will instruct the Environment Agency to prioritise water for food production when assessing winter abstraction applications.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure farmers will have access to the water they need to produce adequate fruit and vegetable yields in 2023.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Reservoirs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact current on-farm reservoir storage levels on the level of farmer confidence in planning agricultural production in 2023.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Reservoirs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of water storage in on-farm reservoirs.

18 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Reservoirs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of on-farm reservoirs in UK food production.

17 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to continue to provide graduate visas after 2022.

17 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a cap on the number of dependents that international students can bring to the UK on (a) the number of international students studyi

17 Oct 2022 · Home Office

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to place a limit on the number of international students who are able to study at UK universities.

17 Oct 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it remains the policy of his Department to implement the International Education Strategy produced in 2019, including the target for the UK to host 600,000 international students and increase the value

13 Oct 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Lump Sum Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department received for the Lump Sum Exit Scheme which closed on 30 September 2022.

10 Oct 2022 · Ministry of Defence

DNA: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of developing regulations to safeguard against the mis-use of DNA synthetic screening by the (a) armed forces and (b) defence industr

10 Oct 2022 · Cabinet Office

DNA: Screening

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of developing regulations to safeguard against the mis-use of DNA synthetic screening.

10 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

DNA: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of developing regulations to safeguard against the mis-use of DNA synthetic screening in energy and

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce pesticide risk reduction targets by the end of 2022.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to extend the list of restricted food items that may enter the UK.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase testing of produce entering the UK from the EU for pesticide residues.