Catherine West

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps with trade unions in Belarus to increase awareness of workers’ rights.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure timely approval of tutoring organisations for the National Tutoring Programme in the context of 16 of those organisations having not yet been approved.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to accelerate the conversion of the world fleet of commercial ships to green propulsion.

14 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many humanitarian visas have been issued to foreign journalists who have fled their home counties due to their media work in the last year.

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Alexei Navalny

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on guaranteeing the health and well-being of Alexei Navalny, who is imprisoned in Russia.

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus and Russia: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle gender-based violence that is targeted at female journalists in Belarus and Russia.

14 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Central Asia: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with European partners on (a) freedom of press and (b) violence against journalists in countries in Central Asia.

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2021 to Question 28276, Elections: Proof of Identity, what steps he is taking to ensure that the application process for voter cards is fully access

13 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2021 to Question 28276 on Elections: Proof of Identity, what steps he is taking to make blind and partially sighted people aware that they are entit

13 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Central Asia: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterparts in Central Asia to raise concerns on the (a) safety of media workers and (b) importance of freedom of press.

13 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is taking steps to support journalists from Belarus who have fled that country and need assistance with (a) visas, (b) relocation funds and (c) financi

13 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take support journalists in Belarus who have experienced (i) physical violence and (ii) threats of imprisonment for t

13 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has raised reports of Russian police searching the homes of investigative journalists with his Russian counterpart.

13 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Belarusian Government on journalists currently under house arrest and awaiting criminal trials in the country.

10 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Earwax: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide people on low incomes with financial assistance to pay for the removal of earwax build-up.

9 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much is allocated each year in the NHS Budget for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. provision.

9 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training do qualified speech therapists receive in (a) identifying a need for and (b) assisting a user to use an Augmentative and Alternative Communication device.

9 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) with motor neurone disease, (b) suffering from stroke and (c) with other communication needs which have developed later in life who would benef

9 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with (a) cerebral palsy and (b) other communication needs from birth who would benefit from the use of augmentative and alternative communication (

8 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the £150 million Community Ownership Fund to further support industries that have been affected by the covid-1

8 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Ownership Fund: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the £150 million Community Ownership Fund for projects based in London, to take into account the comparativel

8 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Ownership Fund: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of 2020 first round applications for the Community Ownership Funds were for projects based in London.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Malta: Corruption and Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Maltese counterpart on anti-corruption measures and freedom of the press in that country.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Caribbean and Latin America: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is planning to take to help safeguard the future of forests in (a) Latin America and (b) the Caribbean.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Latin America: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is planning to take to further support British businesses operating in Latin America.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Latin America: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) assess the effectiveness of and (b) increase the UK's diplomatic presence in Latin America.

7 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Venezuela: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support regional attempts to resolve the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela.

7 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Environment Protection: Disadvantaged and Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) low-income and (b) vulnerable families under that plan.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Banks: Tax Havens

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with his European counterparts on the use of tax havens by European banks.

6 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the freedom of the press in Russia.