Written questions
1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Armenia: Prisoners of War
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Azeri counterpart on the safe and immediate return of all Armenian prisoners of war.
27 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Unfair Dismissal: Temporary Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to expand access to unfair dismissal for temporary and agency workers who are not considered to be employees.
26 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respite Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for unpaid carers' breaks.
26 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Life Imprisonment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum sentence for child cruelty to life imprisonment.
26 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for publication of her Department's Health and Disability Green Paper.
26 May 2021 · Department for Transport
Airports: Social Distancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people returning from red list, amber list and green list countries during the covid-19 pandemic are able to keep apart at UK airports.
25 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS audiological services; and what recent assessment he has made of trends in time taken for a diagnosis of a hearing condition to be provided b
25 May 2021 · Cabinet Office
Press Conferences: Sign Language
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of including British Sign Language interpreters at all Downing Street press briefings.
25 May 2021 · Home Office
Refugees: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide safe and legal routes to the UK for unaccompanied child refugees.
24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the reported mistreatment of Christian Pakistanis in Pakistan.
24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Colombia; and what relevant recent discussions he has had with his Colombian counterpart on that matter.
24 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the quality of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) healthcare and (b) reduce diagnosis times for people with IBD.
24 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Parkrun: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure Parkrun events can go ahead from 5 June 2021 as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
21 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Music: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the guidance for the performing arts sector recently published by his Department diverges from previous guidance which stated that non-professional music activity could t
21 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Choirs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date indoor rehearsals of amateur singing choirs of more than six people will be permitted.
19 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Richmond House
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to prevent Richmond House on Whitehall from being demolished.
18 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take to support the (a) Victoria and Albert Museum and (b) wider heritage sector.
18 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ban the import of hunting trophies into the UK.
18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to reform the social care sector to support personalised, high-quality dementia care.
18 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sri Lanka: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide (a) vaccines, (b) oxygen, (c) ventilators and (d) other support to Sri Lanka in the context of the covid-19 outbreak in that country.
17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Switzerland: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last held formal discussions with his Swiss counterpart.
17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) increase the rate of sick pay and (b) introduce immediate, automatic payment to people required to self-isolate as a result of a positive covid-19 test.
17 May 2021 · Department for Education
Children and Young People: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to implement a covid-19 recovery plan for disabled children and young people.
13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of the cost of PCR tests for air passengers; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that cost on air passengers in financial diffic
13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate additional funding to tackle the cancer backlog in the NHS.
12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Switzerland: Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Question 180565 on Switzerland: Clothing, when he last held formal discussions with his Swiss counterpart; and whether he raised th
12 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Speech and Language Therapy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide ringfenced funding for local authorities to support early years speech and language therapy.
12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the reported continued Russian military presence on Ukraine's borders.
12 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has raised the issue of vaccine pricing in India with his Indian counterpart in their most recent discussions.
11 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the level of poverty among single-parent families.
Source: official written-questions record.