Sarah Olney

9 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of excluding period pants over a certain size from classification as a sanitary product for VAT purposes on the mental health of young women.

9 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prioritise water, sanitation and hygiene in the overseas development budget.

9 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Government’s emergency funding package for people working in arts and culture is delivered as soon as possible.

9 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when payments for all Culture Recovery Fund awards will be made.

6 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling parents to remove their children from school without prosecution during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Demolition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the demolition of the Ras At-Tin school in the West Bank.

6 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to progress the discussions between the UK Government and the EU on the expansion of visa-free travel between the UK and the EU.

6 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will exempt the practice of peaceful protest from covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

6 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of expanding the rule of six for Christmas day 2020.

5 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ban section 21 orders to end no fault evictions.

5 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Evictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reinstating the ban on rental evictions in the context of the covid-19 lockdown.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to implement cOAlition S’s Rights Retention Strategy in relation to UKRI's new Open Access policy.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to publish its assessment of the wider social and economic implications of UKRI’s proposed Open Access policy.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what process his Department is following in order to independently assess the wider social and economic implications of UKRI’s proposed Open Access policy.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Organic Food: Certification

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure mutual recognition between the UK and EU on organic food certification.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Thames: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking in relation to Thames Water following reportedly unmonitored sewage spills into the Thames from the Mogden sewage treatment works.

3 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Aviation: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a flyer levy for international flights in order to (a) reduce the climate impact of flying by reforming the taxation of international flights

2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps, other than making an assessment of the potential merits of implementing coordinated sanctions with allies, his Department is taking to hold the Chinese authoritie

2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the US Administration on disruption to US postal services.

2 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will provide tailored financial support to self-employed cancer patients who are unable to pay themselves sick pay at present.

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Older Workers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department’s strategy is on retraining and reskilling people over the age of 60 who have become unemployed since the start of the covid-19 outbreak and who may struggle to find employment again

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of pension credit over the next five years.

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for land currently held by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; and if he will make a statement.

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Pumps and Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the time required to train an installer of (a) insulation for solid walls and (b) domestic heat pumps.

23 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Saudi Arabia: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in response to reports of the detention and ill-treatment by Saudi authorities of people accused of cooperating or seeking to cooperate wi

23 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for the environment of including period pants as women's sanitary products for VAT purposes.

22 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Sunscreens: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to re-classify sunscreen products from a cosmetic product to an essential healthcare item to exempt those products from VAT.

21 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the consumption of electricity from local, renewable community generation schemes in Greater London.

21 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Girls: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that gender equality in respect of girls’ education remains a strategic priority of his Department.

21 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to update DFID’s Economic Development Strategy to promote greater consultation with civil society and tackle the structural inequalities faced by women and