Rachael Maskell

1 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to integrate research opportunities to maximise research capacity.

1 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Skilled Workers: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what criteria she uses to assess the impact that research funding has on future skills required across the economy.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Childcare: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) fund and (b) ensure adequate provision of (i) facilities and (ii) childcare for children with SEND.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to measure the availability of nursery places in (a) York and (b) England.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Nurseries: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of the cost of nursery places in (a) North Yorkshire County and (b) the City of York.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the steps his Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities reach legally-compliant standards in air quality.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the levels of (a) nitrogen dioxide and (b) particulate matter in air.

29 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Business Rates: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing business rate relief to premises which are transitioning to reached energy performance certification levels of C and above.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help new businesses access high street premises; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming business rates to help facilita

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the resilience of businesses in (a) the hospitality sector and (b) retail; and whether her Department provides guidance to businesses on best practice.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) hospitality and (b) retail stakeholders on business rates.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help provide support to Palestinian university students with (a) injured and (b) deceased family in Gaza.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the British Council on the families of students invited to study at universities from the state of Palestine via scholarship programmes.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) number of students from (i) the Palestinian territories and (ii) Gaza studying in the UK and (b) the number and proportion of those students that are in the UK on Br

29 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Visas

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will take steps to help ensure that Palestinians who are entitled to come to the UK on a visa are able to leave Gaza to acquire the necessary documentation in the event of a

29 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ageing: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken recent steps to commission research into (a) disease progression and (b) the intersection of comorbidities in the ageing population.

29 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to determine workforce requirements in the (a) health and (b) social care sectors in the context of (i) an ageing population and (ii) trends in the level of ill

28 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Visas

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with international counterparts on a Palestinian visa scheme to support the health needs of civilians.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Refugees: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to enable children in Gaza with parents living in the UK to come to the UK.

28 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Palestinians: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing injured Palestinians to be treated at UK hospitals until their health is stabilised.

28 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) aid workers and (b) medical volunteers have access to Gaza as soon as possible.

28 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he is taking steps to deliver aid to Palestine by sea.

28 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what preparations his Department has made for increasing aid to Gaza after a potential ceasefire.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects sewage release levels to be reduced.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the sewage drainage systems in (a) the UK and (b) York to address (i) demand and (ii) demand when it rains.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on levels of ill health caused by contact with sewage contaminated water.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is providing public health warnings about the importance of avoiding water contaminated with sewage.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to neutralise sewage in rivers.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help close skills gaps in the (a) public and (b) private sector.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a housebuilding workforce plan to help tackle skills shortages in the housebuilding sector.