Written questions
3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Packaging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has met with major supermarkets to discuss (a) reducing plastic packaging and (b) introducing deposit return schemes for plastics.
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whats steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to adopt deposit return schemes for recycling plastics.
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the introduction of a national deposit return scheme.
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on tackling air pollution in London.
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, through what mechanisms his Department receives data on levels of air pollution.
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union
UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether discussions have taken place with EU officials on the adoption of a customs union since the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement on 15 January 2019.
22 Feb 2019 · Home Office
St Pancras Station: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to prevent delays at passport control at the Eurostar terminal at London St Pancras station in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
22 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Eurostar: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for delays to services departing the Eurostar terminal at London St Pancras station in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Philippines
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to replicate the terms of the EU's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus program for the Philippines when the UK leaves the EU.
18 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Estuary: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of flood risk to the Thames Estuary.
18 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Asylum: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pending tribunals involving asylum application cases there were on 1 January of each of the last five years.
12 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has a target for the time to make decisions on non-straight forward asylum applications.
12 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for a decision to be made on a non-straightforward asylum application.
12 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for a decision to be made on straightforward asylum application.
12 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Asylum: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department remains committed to making decisions on straightforward asylum applications within a target time of six months.
11 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the interim data for the PrEP impact trial will be placed in the public domain.
5 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development
Venezuela: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the scale of food shortages affecting Venezuela.
5 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development
Venezuela: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her Venezuelan counterpart on addressing the food shortages in that country.
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade
Import Duties: Developing Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the preferential access afforded to developing countries in sensitive sectors in the event that the UK is required to apply tariffs on leaving the EU w
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on developing (a) countries and (b) sectors on roll-over agreements not being signed by 29 March 2019.
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made on the roll-over of agreements with (a) Ghana, (b) Côte D’Ivoire and (c) Kenya.
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he plans to publish the text of the continuity agreements with (a) Chile and (b) the Eastern and Southern Africa group; and what the process will be for the (i) debate and (ii) ratification of th
4 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Italy: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on the rescue of the 47 migrants by the Sea-Watch 3 vessel.
4 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Arms Trade: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government remains committed to annual reporting obligations for imports of conventional arms under the Arms Trade Treaty.
4 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Arms Trade: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts from signatories of the Arms Trade Treaty on improving mechanisms for gathering data on arms imports; and if he will make a statement.
4 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Arms Trade: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government plans to report on imports of conventional arms under the Arms Trade Treaty.
4 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Commonwealth: Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will use the UK's period of time as Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth to ensure that progress is made on the commitment agreed to at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the funding allocated by her Department to tackle malaria was allocated to health system strengthening programmes in each of the last three years.
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to (a) bilateral assistance, (b) multilateral organisations, and (c) research and development to tackle malaria in each of the last three years.
4 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Malaria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to tackling malaria in each of the last three years.
Source: official written-questions record.