Alberto Costa

13 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Hearing Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve access to NHS hearing aids and (b) reduce waiting times for those aids by working with high street providers.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Horse Riding: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety for horse riders.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety for cyclists.

8 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Falkland Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to protect the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

8 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve road safety for cyclists.

6 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the recruitment process for people who wish to join the armed forces.

26 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Nuisance Calls: Foreign Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to stop the spoofing of UK telephone numbers by foreign companies to make nuisance calls.

26 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Solomon Islands: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of a Chinese military base on the Solomon Islands.

11 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the safety of British nationals in Sri Lanka in light of the recent civil unrest in that country.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the reporting of LGBT+ hate crimes.

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve levels of dementia diagnosis.

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage consultants to prescribe medicinal cannabis to children with severe drug resistant epilepsy.

11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to establish a domestic supply of Bedrocan oil for children suffering with severe epilepsy.

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

Microplastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent microfibre plastic pollution.

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

Washing Machines: Microplastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure washing machines are fitted with microfibre plastic capture filters.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to enact the recommendation from the Law Commission's report on Leasehold Enfranchisement that the remit of the Leasehold Tribunal should be expanded to

18 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Greece: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help de-escalate tensions between Greece and Turkey.

10 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish details of the proposed randomised control trials for medicinal cannabis.

10 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the outcomes of observational trials of medical cannabis for children with severe epilepsy.

10 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the manufacture of bedrocan oil in the UK.

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

Fuel Oil: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support consumers with the rising price of heating oil.

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warehouses: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to provide funding for the fitting of solar panelling on all new warehouses.

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that apprentices are not affected by the transition to the provision by Ofqual of external quality assurance of apprenticeship end-point assessments through the reg

8 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on discussions with the Dutch Government to allow the continued supply of bedrocan oil beyond 1 April 2022.

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

GCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that pupils are not disadvantaged due to the disruption caused by the covid-19 pandemic when undertaking their GCSE examinations this year.

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

Fast Food: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a fast-food sales levy to help tackle the amount of packing discarded illegally from those businesses.

12 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the sale of nitrous oxide capsules to prevent their illegal use.

12 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Plastics: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of single-use plastic in lateral flow test kits.

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

Plastics: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of single-use plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables in supermarkets.

5 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parish and Town Councils: Remote Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing parish council meetings to be conducted virtually during the ongoing covid-19 outbreak.