Written questions

Chris Law

949 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of GNI in 2021 on the UK fiscal situation.

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made on the potential effect of reducing Official Development Assistance spending in 2021 from 0.5 per cent to 0.7 per cent of GNI on the value for money of existing UK aid investments.

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Oral Statement of 25 November 2020, Official Report, column 830, what plans he has to set out in detail the measurements that will be used to define the fiscal situation under which Official D

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Oral Statement of 25 November 2020, Official Report, column 830, how his Department will (a) measure and (b) define the fiscal situation to determine whether Official Development Assistance spe

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: UN Climate Conference 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the reductions in the Official Development Assistance budget on the UK’s COP26 ambitions.

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of rapid reductions in Official Development Assistance spending in 2021 on existing UK aid programmes.

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Non-governmental Organisations: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in Official Development Assistance spending in 2021 on civil society organisations.

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020, published by his Department on 8 April 2021, what plans he has to publish detail

13 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020 published by his Department on 8 April 2021, whether UK aid programmes been (a) r

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Commonwealth: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Commonwealth Fund will continue to support (a) the network of Women Mediators across the Commonwealth and (b) a programme to provide support to Commonwealth gover

25 Mar 2021 · Home Office

British Nationality: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to remove citizenship application fees for children.

8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Myanmar military and (b) Myanmar defence attaché in the UK on the military's escalating attacks on civilians in Karen state.

8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Military Coups

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if, in response to the military coup in Myanmar and renewed attacks in ethnic areas, he will work with ethnic civil society organisations to find informal mechanisms to ensu

23 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus

What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s response to the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that people most adversely affected by the covid-19 pandemic receive the warm home discount to which they are entitled.

2 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims that have been approved by HMRC but where a payment was not subsequently received by the applicant.

2 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken is for investigating and resolving an incorrectly refused Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claim.

2 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incorrectly refused Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims are currently being investigated.

2 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many incorrectly refused Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims have been investigated and resolved since the scheme began.

2 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims have been incorrectly refused since the scheme began.

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission's 2015 Joint Consultation Paper, Unfair Terms in Contracts?, what assessment he has made of the implications f

25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many women were employed by his Department in each year since 2018.

25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the gender balance is of temporary contract staff in his Department.

25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the gender balance is of full-time permanent contract staff in his Department.

25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Peace Negotiations: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding he has allocated to the Commonwealth Fund programme Women Mediators across the Commonwealth for 2020-22.