Written questions
1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 May 2020 · Treasury
Bureaux de Change: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to bureaux de change businesses.
28 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Child Rearing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are the Government taking to tackle parental alienation.
28 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords: Coronavirus
If he will take steps to encourage landlords to (a) defer rental payments and (b) not approach guarantors for late rental payments during the covid-19 outbreak.
24 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Estate Agents: Key Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has assessed the service provided by estate agents as essential service to (a) the public and (b) the economy.
24 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Probate Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is he taking to ensure that the Probate Registry can process the current high level of cases.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and Small Business Grants Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to extend access to the (a) Covid-19 Small Business Grant Fund and (b) the Retail, Hospitality, and Leisure Grant Fund to businesses (i) occupying shared premises or (ii) that pay their
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available for self-employed people whose income primarily comes from dividends.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove the requirement to make annual profits of less than £50,000 for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Physiotherapy: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to physiotherapy practices.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Veterinary Services: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to veterinary practices.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to prevent medical businesses, such as dentists and ophthalmologists, from becoming insolvent as they are unable to access small business support.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Ophthalmology: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to ophthalmologists.
24 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Dental Services: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend business rates relief to dental surgeries.
17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Public Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he has advised people to avoid pubs, clubs and theatres but not ordered their closure.
12 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Judges: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the competence of judges is evaluated.
12 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Judges: Accountability
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the accountability of judges.
10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that high standards of practice are enforced for social care services subcontracted to independent social care agencies.
5 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to prevent copycat EHIC websites from charging applicants for European Health Insurance Cards.
5 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Harassment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to create an appeals process for Police Information Notices.
5 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to maintain the 18-week waiting time for referral to treatment for joint replacement surgeries.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of SEN funding.
2 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Energy: Housing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding he plans to make available for improving insulation and energy efficiency in domestic buildings.
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Airports: National Policy Statements
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what parties have written to his Department requesting a review of the airports national policy statement.
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Airports: National Policy Statements
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to undertake a review of the Airports National Policy Statement under section 6 of the Planning Act 2008.
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an updated assessment of the economic effect of Heathrow expansion as a result of new proposals to phase the delivery of additional capacity.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has undertaken to ensure that the expansion of Heathrow by over 700 aircraft each day is compatible with the Government’s policy on achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when and where the first round of negotiations for the UK US free trade deal is due to take place.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade
UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when and where the next meeting of the UK US Trade Working Group is due to take place.
11 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Paul Whelan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the welfare of Paul Whelan; and what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on his trial or release.
11 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Primary Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for primary healthcare services.
Source: official written-questions record.