Wera Hobhouse

6 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has compensated the train operators for lost revenue from strike action since 1 January 2022; and what estimate he has made of how much the Government will compensate the train operator

30 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of setting up public a body, analogous to Wave Energy Scotland, in the context of conducting research and developme

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of dentists from overseas to help fill gaps in dentistry in the UK.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of dentists from the EU coming to the UK to help fill dentist vacancies.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) move towards a preventative model of care for dentistry and (b) bring forward a public awareness campaign on oral health.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Dentistry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of having representatives of dentists on integrated care boards.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department’s policy is on (a) initiatives and (b) reforms that will need to be taken forward by (i) Ofgem, (ii) National Grid and (iii) his Department to achieve the Gove

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Regional Planning and Development: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 84783 on Carbon Emissions: Regulation, when his Department first announced its intention to publish the Strategy and Policy

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Regional Planning and Development: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 84783 Carbon Emissions: Regulation, when his Department began to develop the Strategy and Policy statement.

24 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Trains: Diesel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when diesel trains will be phased out on the national rail network.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Efficiency Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the details for the Chancellor's Energy Efficiency Taskforce will be published; and whether there will be a consultation on this taskforce.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Glass

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the full evidence behind in the decision to exclude glass from the Deposit Return Scheme, including the assessment it would have had on glass recycling and impact o

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will be taken in the design of England’s DRS to avoid material switching from smaller formats to larger containers.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes: Cost Benefit Analysis

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will publish an updated cost-benefit analysis of the introduction of DRS against current recycling rates.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Motor Vehicles: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) roadside air pollution is kept under a legal limit and (b) the UK meets its air quality targets set under the Environment Act 2021.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Motor Vehicles: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has made an assessment on the efficacy of installing in-road apparatus to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions and concentrations of particulate matter from motor v

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the former Secretary of State for Transport's oral evidence to Transport Select Committee on 19 October 2022, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the proposal for flight disru

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of onshore wind farms to the sustainability of the UK energy sector.

16 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport

Transport: Bills

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the former Secretary of State for Transport's oral evidence to Transport Select Committee on 19 October 2022, whether it is remains his Department’s intention to publish a Transport bill befor

15 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made dispersing the Government's commitment of £100 million to the Taskforce on Access to Climate Finance.

15 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ofgem

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on reform of Ofgem's remit.

14 Nov 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Allowance: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the note on his Department's website, dated 17 October 2022, on the loss of Maternity Allowance statistics for May 2022, for what reason this data was lost; and whether his Department

3 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what is the average gas and electricity consumption of small and medium sized businesses broken down into non-domestic EPC bands.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of how much people using the Government's online energy saving advice service have saved on their energy bills in each year since 2019.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to introduce a telephone advice service to help people save energy and improve energy efficiency.

2 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to publish on a monthly basis the number of patients waiting 12 hours or more from their time of arrival at hospital.

1 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the conflict in Ethiopia on the (a) Irob and (b) Kunama populations.

1 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department is taking steps to reduce (a) neonatal and (b) maternal deaths in Tigray.

1 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support survivors of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.

1 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the progress of the African Union's peace initiative in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.