Dr Rupa Huq

2 Dec 2022 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps is she taking to support those fleeing domestic abuse in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting (a) preventative antibiotic group treatments on farm animals and (b) antibiotics being used to compensate for

28 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Turkey on (a) assaults in the regions of North and East Syria and (b) the possibility of an invasion in those re

24 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce excess mortality among people with diabetes.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Pay and Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) staff shortages and (b) real terms pay in the Environmental Agency.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing The Environment Agency's environmental protection budget to 2009-2010 levels.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Brent

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality in the River Brent.

23 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the age of sale for tobacco products in the UK and (b) providing more funding for services that help people quit smoking.

23 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) financial and (b) personal impacts of delayed immigration decisions on people awaiting a decision.

23 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for immigration decisions.

23 Nov 2022 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with HM Revenue and Customs on the potential merits of providing additional support to people affected by the loan charge.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Services and Children: Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking fiscal steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide local councils with additional funding for the provision of (a) children’s and (b) adult social care services.

22 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislation to guarantee care home residents' access to in-person support from at least one designated person important to th

21 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

First Time Buyers

What steps he is taking to support first-time house buyers.

18 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of rejecting Palantir Technologies' bid for a contract to run the NHS Federated Data Platform.

18 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage general practices to call patients a second time when they miss an initial telephone appointment.

16 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Food Strategy Report published in July 2021, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the School Food Standards to remove the mandatory servings of (a) mea

16 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published on 26 October 2022, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) investigating that

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Hospitality Industry: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the flexibility of the apprenticeship levy on the level of (a) staff and (b) skill shortages in the hospitality sector.

11 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart about the imposition of the death penalty on protestors in that country.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support students with the cost-of-living crisis.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding for education providers to deliver hardship funds, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Students: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing a cap on student rent on levels of student homelessness, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking steps to improve the accessibility of Universal Credit for students, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Food: Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing sensory food play as a part of the Early Years Foundation Stage for early years nutrition.

11 Nov 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing emergency legislation to abolish Section 21 no fault evictions, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.

9 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to speed up the average processing time for applications to the (a) the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and (b) the Ukraine Family Scheme.

8 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the beds supplied for use in the Nightingale Hospital at the ExCel centre are currently in use in other hospitals.

7 Nov 2022 · Home Office

Short-term Holding Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of asylum processing centres.

7 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen animal welfare protections in (a) the UK and (b) abroad.