Rachael Maskell

26 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

New Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to establish business incubators.

26 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are immunosuppressed are able to access covid-19 (a) vaccinations and (b) advice to reduce risk of infection.

26 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) data on covid-19 data is robust and publicly accessible and (b) the public can continue to assess local risk of covid-19.

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

World Heritage Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) funding and (b) other resources her Department provides to support locations to prepare bids for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tentative List.

26 May 2022 · Treasury

Housing: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he has not announced proposals on retrofitting homes to reduce energy use and costs.

26 May 2022 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ringfence the tax relief to oil and gas companies for use for developing sustainable alternatives to hydrocarbon fuels.

26 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the impact of house price increases in the centre of York on the broad market rental area boundaries to determine if the York boundary should change.

26 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution on 26 May 2022 in the House, in what way the increases to the Housing Support Fund will be distributed.

26 May 2022 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to take steps to help SMEs which are non-intensive energy users with their energy costs.

26 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, in cases where landlords pay Council Tax in respect of properties which they let out, whether tenants of those properties will be eligible for the energy bills discount announced o

26 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether leaseholders who are part of shared energy schemes will be entitled to claim the energy bills discount announced on 26 May 2022.

26 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether owners of properties used as bed and breakfast accommodation will be eligible to claim the energy bill discount relief announced on 26 May 2022 in respect of those properti

26 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Bills Rebate: Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether owners of properties used as short-term lets, such as Airbnbs, for which they pay council tax will be able to claim the energy bills discount announced on 26 May 2022 in re

26 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that the scope of the Covid-19 Inquiry includes an assessment of the potential impact on people bereaved by covid-19 of the findings of the Cabinet Office report entitled Findings

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

World Heritage Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support bids for the Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

10 Downing Street: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the security arrangements at 10 Downing Street during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will undertake a review of whether the (a) police and (b)

25 May 2022 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require the proposed covid-19 inquiry to collect evidence on the impact of breaches of covid-19 restrictions at 10 Downing Street on people who were bereaved during covid-19.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the age at which someone in the UK can legally own a firearm.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to conduct regular assessments of the suitably of people who own firearms to have a license to own such a weapon.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the strictness of legislation on firearms in the UK.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing people who are waiting for their asylum applications to be decided to work in the local economy.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to plans announced in April 2022 to create suitable accommodation for asylum seekers at the site of RAF Linton-on-Ouse, if she will take steps to help enable residents in that accommoda

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the viability of using public estate buildings to house refugees, including disused care homes in York.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting UK families to host refugees whose applications for asylum are being processed.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a scheme similar to the Homes for Ukraine scheme for Afghan refugees.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide Afghans residing in bridging hotels with mental health support; and when she expects for all Afghans held in those hotels to be resettled.

25 May 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans (a) to move Afghan refugees between bridging hotels and (b) resettle those refugees in communities in the UK.

25 May 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Developing Countries: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the armed forces can contribute to helping ending food scarcity in developing countries.

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

Agriculture: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) his international counterparts on the role the UK can play in helping to alleviate food scarcity in developing

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

Arable Farming: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will invest in research to improve crop yield in the UK to produce crops for developing countries where food is scarce.