Written questions

Sarah Olney

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a 10 per cent tariff on the import of vehicles on the UK's car manufacturing sector.

17 May 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether news publishers will be included in the types of third parties that firms designated as having Strategic Market Status by the Digital Markets Unit will be required to trade with on fair and rea

15 May 2023 · Treasury

Capital Gains Tax: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an estimate of how much tax revenue would be raised by changing the tax classification of carried interest to income tax from capital gains tax.

15 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israel counterparts on (a) the demolitions of homes and infrastructure on the West Bank, (b) use of excessive force and potential

9 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) his counterparts in India and (b) international partners on (i) the protection of civil liberties and (ii) human rights in Indi

9 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tibet: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its polices of reports of the Chinese government’s forced residential school system in Tibet; if he will takes

9 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken through advertisements to help ensure that all pensioners who are eligible for Pension Credit are aware of their eligibility.

5 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households have applied to receive Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding as of 4 May 2023; and what proportion of those applications have been processed.

5 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has held with agricultural producers on the living and working conditions of migrant farm workers who live on-site.

5 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the living and working conditions of migrant farm workers.

5 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the recommendations of the International Development Select Committee in its report entitled Debt relief in low-income countries, HC 146, published on 10 Ma

3 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Property Management Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the Final Report of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group, published in July 2019; and wheth

2 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of each Integrated Care Service having a specialist (a) allergy service, (b) allergy nurse and (c) dietician.

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181745 on Copyright: Arts, if she will publish the dates and times of meetings between her Department and representatives from the cr

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181744 on Copyright: Arts, what steps her Department is taking with representatives from creative industries and AI developers to dev

27 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181745 on Copyright: Arts, if she will publish a list of the names of representatives of the creative industries that her Department

24 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his (a) Indian counterpart and (b) other international counterparts on alleged (i) internet and mobile suspensions, (ii) arbitrary

24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with NHS England to revise the list of non-specific symptoms (NSS) that warrant referral to the NSS pathway to include more symptoms which may indicate a brain tumour.

24 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his Department's policy to ensure that all general practice clinicians can access readily available training on the signs and symptoms of a brain tumour.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has sought legal advice on the extent to which the Health and Safety Regulations fall under the scope of the Retained EU Law Bill.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Public Lavatories: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to take steps to amend the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 to include a provision on the provision of sanitary bins in male toilets.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department will proceed with its policy to introduce a new copyright and database exception which allows Text and Data Mining any purpose as announced on 28 June 2022.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when her Department plans to publish the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Bill.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Electronic Commerce and Intellectual property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of legislation to (a) support small businesses when trading online and (b) protect small businesses from infringement of their intellectua

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with creative industries on (a) licencing and copyright exceptions for text and data mining and (b) the AI Regulation White Paper in 2023.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she plans to re-open consultation with creative industries on proposals for licensing or exceptions to copyright for text and data mining.

19 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 175561 on Palantir: Databases, for what reason that Answer did not mention the common law duty of confidentiality.

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Disability Cost of Living Payment.

14 Apr 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Processed Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the health impacts of ultra-processed foods on children and families with low incomes.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Voting Rights: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy that foreign nationals who have lived in the UK for more than five years should be able to (a) stand and (b) vote in all (i) local elections, (ii) gener

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