Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Patients: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to help older patients facing long journeys get to and from hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement.

25 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Patients: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to provide safe and accessible transportation to and from hospitals for patients who are (a) too ill for public transport and (b) travelling to and from areas with poor quality patient t

25 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Investment: Fraud

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Conduct Authority's findings on the proportion of over-55s who suspect that they have been contacted about a fraudulent investment in the last three years and did not report it, what s

25 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Instalment Credit: Regulation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure effective regulation of the rent-to-own sector in response to the Financial Conduct Authority's recent ruling on BrightHouse.

25 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to promote safer forms of credit for the most financially excluded.

25 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Instalment Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the rent-to-buy sector assesses the ability of customers to repay their loans prior to signing contracts.

24 Oct 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Business: Transitional Arrangements

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) British Chambers of Commerce, (b) Federation of Small Businesses, (c) EEF manufacturers' association and (d) CBI about a transitional deal after

24 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

NHS Trusts: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts in London have recorded budget deficits in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council will be held in 2017; and what the agenda is for that meeting.

19 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support (a) tidal energy, (b) other forms of renewable energy as part of a broader strategy to decrease the UK's dependence on fossil fuels.

19 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on restrictions on the right to freedom of religion or belief for Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, China.

19 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng and his friends, Shao Zhong Guo, Li Fa Wang and Shi Da Cheng.

19 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Low Emission Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce any new low emissions zones in the UK.

19 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to create zero-emissions zones around primary and secondary schools.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost of establishing his Department.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department will have ultimate responsibility for the negotiation of a UK-EU trade deal; and if he will make a statement.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Bangladesh: Drinking Water and Sanitation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support improvements in (a) sanitation and (b) access to clean drinking water in Bangladesh.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Bangladesh: Sanitation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from (a) WaterAid and (b) other NGOs on the support required to improve systems of sanitation in Bangladesh.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Bangladesh: Drinking Water

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with representatives from (a) WaterAid and (b) other NGOs on efforts to improve access to clean drinking water in Bangladesh.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Bangladesh: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the WHO and (b) NGOs on tackling the spread of waterborne diseases in Bangladesh.

18 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with Kurdish political leaders from the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

18 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on the Kurdish independence referendum.

17 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gao Zhisheng

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Chinese counterpart on the detention of the Chinese human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng.

17 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gao Zhisheng

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received from (a) members of the public, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) parliamentarians on the detention of the Chinese human rights l

16 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people identified as victims of torture are still being held in detention centres; and if she will make a statement.

16 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to pay compensation to victims of torture who have been held in detention centres.

16 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent people who have been victims of torture being held in detention centres.

12 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Voyeurism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make up-skirting a sexual offence.

12 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

LGBT People: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will appoint a special envoy for LGBT rights.

12 Oct 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: LGBT People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports of LGBT people having their sexuality allegedly verified by means of anal testing; and whether he intends to raise that alleged verification with his Egypt

Source: official written-questions record.