Rachael Maskell

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support medical research charities to restore their research capacity to levels prior to the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will focus new funding for flood prevention on flood mitigation through upper catchment management.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect the marine environment around the UK.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) accelerate the UK's tree planting programme and (b) ensure that programme is on target to reach the Government's reforestation targets.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support new technologies to advance climate adaptation, including in developing countries.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will establish a Minister for Carbon Reduction to help ensure that the UK meets its climate obligations.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to subsidise rail travel to ensure that it is competitive with air travel.

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his decision to reduce air passenger duty levied on short haul flights on levels of carbon emissions from air travel.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding he has allocated to climate science and research in each year since 2010.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of funding for new road building projects with the Government's net zero target.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he will make available to support NHS premises and operations to help the UK meet its net zero target.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for the building of new schools to replace those with high carbon emissions.

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Public Sector: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding he is making available to help the public sector estate become carbon neutral.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to introduce financial incentives and penalties for businesses to encourage them to reduce their carbon footprint and help the UK meet its climate targets.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £3.9 billion allocated in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 to decarbonising buildings, how much additional funding is required to implement the Hea

2 Nov 2021 · Prime Minister

Department for Energy and Climate Change

To ask the Prime Minister, whether he is planning to re-establish the Department for Energy and Climate Change in response to the climate crisis.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Living Wage and Minimum Wage: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact on the disposable income of young people on the National Minimum Wage Youth Rate compared to those who are in receipt of the National Liv

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how he assesses the adequacy of the National Living Wage on levels of poverty according to the cost of living in different areas.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that planning decisions contribute to halving the UK's carbon emissions by 2030.

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

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the UK to halve its carbon budget.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Archaeology: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the economic impact on York of reductions in funding for archaeology courses.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential role of trade unions in driving up skills in the workplace.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Skilled Workers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Government's skills strategy prioritises training and courses that meet the workforce demands for the future.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase levels of school-based covid-19 vaccination for children.

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people have access to comprehensive smoking cessation services.

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent children from taking up (a) smoking or (b) vaping.

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that NHS health checks are reinstated to enable health interventions such smoking cessation to be delivered.

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to supporting research into the long-term impact of e-cigarettes on public health.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the increased funding to her Department announced in the Budget 2021, how much and what proportion of that additional funding she plans to allocate to civil society org

1 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2021 to Question 58941 on Visas: Afghanistan, how many applications for visas to the UK have been made by Afghan nationals in each month of 2021, by type of visa;