Catherine West

7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kashmir: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Indian government on press freedom in Indian-administered Kashmir.

7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of renewed Chinese-Russian partnerships on (a) stability in the Asia/Pacific and (b) British interests in the Asia/Pacific.

7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Leprosy: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK funding allocated to research on ending leprosy; and what future plans she has to support leprosy research.

7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tropical Diseases: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support research into prevention, diagnostics, treatment and care of neglected tropical diseases; and what plans she has for future fin

7 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the effectiveness of her Department’s Accelerating the sustainable control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases programme

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with representatives of water companies following the publication of research by Water UK on 4 February which found that water bills in the UK will rise

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Water Charges: Low Incomes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to low income households to help with the rise of water bills from April 2022.

4 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of effect of the use of British and Commonwealth judges in cases relating to the National Security Law in Hong Kong on the independence of

4 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Private Rented Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of renters pay their gas and electric bills directly, rather than through their landlord.

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Private Rented Housing: Council Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of renters pay their council tax directly, rather than through their landlord.

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Private Rented Housing: Council Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that the £150 one-off council tax rebate will be given directly to renters and not to their landlords, in cases where the tenant pays their council tax through their landlord and no

4 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the repayable loan of £200 to assist households with increased energy prices into a non-repayable grant in the event that energy and gas prices conti

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide separate additional funding to (a) households with children under the age of 18, (b) households with expectant mothers and (c) pensioners to help with the increase in gas and electric costs, in re

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to provide urgent insulation to low-income households in order to help with increased gas and electric bills in response to Ofgem's energy cap increa

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy: Debts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase funding to help households who have outstanding energy and electric debt.

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ask energy companies to equalise tariffs on a standard meter with those on pre-payment meters.

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to remove the fee charged by energy companies to consumers when switching from a pre-payment to a standard meter.

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with energy companies operating prepayment meters on the potential merits of increasing the (a) temporary credit and (b) extra temporary credit availab

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Energy: Meters

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to households with prepayment meters in response to the energy price cap increase announced on 3 February 2022.

2 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if care home (a) employees and (b) volunteers are still required to be fully vaccinated against covid-19.

2 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in G7 countries on (a) strengthening and (b) extending the eligibility criteria for the Common Framework to assist debt restructuring for (i) Tonga, (ii) small islan

2 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will appoint an allergy tsar to act as a champion within Government for people living with allergic disease.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Health Services: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to hospital and GP practices to cover the increased gas and electric costs once the Ofgem energy cap rises in April 2022.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Charities: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to charitable organisations, registered with the Charity Commission, to cover the increased gas and electric costs when the Ofgem energy cap is due to increase from

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Pre-school Education: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to nurseries and early years education centres to cover the increased gas and electric costs when the Ofgem energy cap is due to increase in April 2022.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Schools: Energy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to primary and secondary schools to cover increased gas and electric costs once the Ofgem energy cap rises in April 2022.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Swimming Pools: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the VAT exemption to the hire of swimming pools and associated facilities hired by swimming teachers.

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on accessibility to swimming pools for low income families' access to swimming pools of the VAT charged on the hire of swimming pools.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Swimming Pools: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to abolish VAT on the hire of swimming pools and associated facilities.

1 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Swimming: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on reducing the level of VAT payable on swimming lessons for children; and if he will make a statement.