Written questions
3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tree Felling: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of trees felled in urban areas where they obstruct building construction and development.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education
Educational Visits: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department will publish specific covid-19 guidance on residential school trips.
8 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office
Veterans: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) veterans and (b) recently discharged personnel during the covid-19 outbreak.
8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the deployment by the Russian Federation of covid-19 vaccines in the occupied areas of Ukraine.
8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Georgia: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Georgian counterpart following the recent unrest in that country.
8 Mar 2021 · COP26
UN Climate Conference 2021
To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with the new US Administration as part of preparations for the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing long-term goals for increasing active travel in urban areas of the UK.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Railway Network: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce emissions on the rail network.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce domestic air travel in line with the Government's climate change policies.
8 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to set the personal water consumption target consulted on in 2019.
3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Haringey
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for health-related capital investment in Haringey.
3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals for new housing regulations to help decrease carbon emissions from new housing
26 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the pilot temporary accommodation service for prison leavers will ensure vulnerable female prison leavers with complex needs (a) receive appropriate support from local services and (b) are provided with housi
26 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Prisoners' Release: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative’s findings and recommendations report; and if he will m
19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Belarus: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Belarusian Counterpart on the reported raid of the offices and homes of trade union activists and human rights defenders on 16 February
19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Belarus: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Belarusian counterpart on reports of trade union and human rights abuses by Belarusian authorities.
19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Belarus: Police Brutality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Belarus on (a) police in that country beating up and arresting workers at their workplaces and (b) other instances of pol
19 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement measures her Department is planning to tackle the anti-social use of e-scooters on pavements.
19 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Remote Working: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what research his Department has carried out into employer compliance with the work from home requirement during the covid-19 outbreak.
11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Canada: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen the relationship between the UK and Canada following the end of the transition period.
11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is offering Ukraine to (a) help it tackle and (b) facilitate a recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.
11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gibraltar: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to the Government in Gibraltar to assist their covid-19 recovery.
9 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office
Sports: Coronavirus
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the scientific advice for the decision to close outdoor sports facilities during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 and keep children's playgrounds open.
8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Media: Antisemitism
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking with (a) the press and (b) media industries to tackle discriminatory speech towards the Haredi Jewish Community.
5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is considering an extension to planning permissions previously extended in the Planning and Business Act 2020.
4 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2021 to Question 137261, whether the Government plans to publish further guidance on this matter; and whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential effect o
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that customers who have been identified as being of vulnerable or priority status under coronavirus guidance, and therefore in need of broadband service
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how each regulatory mechanism governing consumer-compensation schemes with respect to broadband service providers is monitored to ensure it is (a) accessible to and (b) practically funct
29 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether frontline NHS staff are being routinely provided with high quality FFP3 protective masks.
29 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Children in Care: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities are supporting eligible children in their care to apply to the EU Settlement scheme.
Source: official written-questions record.