Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 67098 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what his timescale is for assessing how booster vaccination records can be incorporated into the NHS COVID T

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

Fireworks: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for local authorities to improve the (a) regulation, (b) sale and (c) use of fireworks.

15 Nov 2021 · COP26

Climate Change: Developing Countries

To ask the President of COP26, if he will use the remainder of his time as COP President to establish a process to identify (a) the scale of funding required to address loss and damage and (b) suitable mechanisms to deliver that finance to developing coun

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 56853 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what the timescale is for the completion of the unblinding schedule, so that all Valneva clinical trialists

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

Cricket: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of racism in professional cricket; and what steps she plans to take to tackle that matter.

5 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the announcement of deeper integration between Belarus and Russia.

5 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterpart on the political and security situation in Belarus.

5 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Canada: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Canadian counterpart on security partnership and engagement since the announcement of the trilateral security pact between Australia,

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

Russia: Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on reducing reliance on Russian gas imports.

2 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Spiking: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the rise of drink spiking cases in hospitality and entertainment venues.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for International Trade

Gold: Brazil

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what checks and safeguards are in place to ensure that UK gold imports from Brazil are (a) environmental sustainable and (b) free from human exploitation of indigenous people and their communities.

2 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help protect the land rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil, in accordance to the 1988 Constitution that guaranteed land to all Brazil

2 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports of indigenous people in Brazil being poisoned by mercury due to gold mining; and whether she has made representations to her Bra

2 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: UN Climate Conference 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent conversations she has had with her Brazilian counterpart regarding Brazil’s participation in COP26 and their commitments to reaching net zero by 2050.

2 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on their community engagement strategy.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Amazon: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of recent reports that Amazon plans to cut the pay of its yard marshals by 23 per cent; and whether she has made representations to Am

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

Fungi: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the research report entitled State of the World’s Fungi 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of that res

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

Life Sciences: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will commit to the allocation of new funding for new approach methodologies, including the use of advanced cultures of human cells and tissues, artificial intelligence and o

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

Oil: Shetland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to COP26, whether a decision has been made on the potential development of the Cambo oil field.

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

Coal: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in the context of COP26, whether a decision has been made on the proposal to build a coal mine in Cumbria; and if he will make statement.

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help ensure that there is mutual recognition of covid-19 vaccine records from countries outside the EU and (b) ensure that people who have been double-vac

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that pregnant women will be a priority group for the covid-19 booster jab programme.

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on improving access to NHS allergy services to ensure early recognition and diagnosis at primary care level.

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to ensure equity of NHS healthcare access for allergic communities throughout all regions.

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Allergies: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of, and enhance, allergy management in schools.

26 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of breakfast clubs on children's performance in schools.

26 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs : Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate additional funding to support breakfast clubs in schools in England.

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe is able to operate in eastern Ukraine.

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Eastern Europe: Rule of Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the challenges to the rule of law in parts of Eastern Europe; and what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on those challen

25 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

EU Countries: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in EU members on the treatment of asylum seekers on Europe's borders.

Source: official written-questions record.