Wera Hobhouse

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastic Bags

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many plastic bags for life have been sold in each year since the introduction of the plastic bag levy in 2015.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastic Bags

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single-use plastic bags have been sold in each year since the levy on plastic bags was introduced.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been raised by the plastic bag levy in each year since that scheme was introduced.

21 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding to local authorities to (a) meet losses in income from rents and other commercial payments and (b) reimburse losses arising from

20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Improvement and (c) the British Medical Association’s General Practice Committee have to review the coverage of mental health care in the Quality and Outcomes Fr

20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2020 to Question 66169 on obesity, what steps the Government is taking to ensure its work on tackling obesity does not cause harm to people with eating disorders.

20 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

What steps the Government is taking to tackle the risk of local authorities becoming insolvent as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

17 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Overseas Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of testing newly arrived international students for covid-19.

17 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Overseas Students: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending flexibilities on English language tests to students on pre-degree further education courses to encourage student visa applications.

17 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing flexibility on when and where overseas students can (a) apply for their visa to study in the UK and (b) take their English language

16 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a reduction in beer duty for the independent brewery sector for the rest of the 2020-21 financial year, in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national registration scheme for privately rented properties in England to enable a better enforcement

14 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of enforcement of standards in the private rented sector by local authorities.

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Private Rented Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to raise the minimum energy efficiency standard for properties in the private rented sector to Band D by 2025.

14 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

What recent estimate he has made of the number of people released from prison without adequate accommodation.

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

Culture: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to replenish the Art Council England funds that have been diverted to the emergency covid-19 response.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what technologies will be covered by the Green Homes Grant scheme.

6 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gulf States: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the letter of 23 June 2020 to him, from 10 hon. Members on securing the release of human rights activists (a) Loujain AlHathloul in Saudi Arabia, (b) Ahmed Mansoor in th

3 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason a bank is not required to give an explanation before closing a customer's account.

3 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the clinical evidential basis is for (a) a maximum of two households to meet in self-catered accommodation and (b) a group of more than two households to book rooms in the same hotel.

3 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Temporary Accommodation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has allocated funding to (a) hotel and (b) bed and breakfast owners to cover (i) costs incurred and (ii) loss of income as a result of an extended stay by a guest

3 Jul 2020 · Attorney General

Administration of Estates

To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people who died without known entitled relatives and left a will were referred to the Bona Vacant Division of the Government Legal Department in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.

3 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support her Department has provided to BAME LGBTQ+ youth who have been victims of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications in the last 12 months.

3 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of instances of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications directed at trans youth in the last 12 months.

3 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Hate Crime: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of instances of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications directed at BAME LGBTQ+ youth in the last 12 months.

2 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Hate Crime: Transgender People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support her Department has provided to trans youth who have been victims of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications in the last 12 months.

29 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions Public Health England has had with (a) eating disorder professionals and (b) representatives from eating disorder charities on tackling obesity.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ofgem

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to publish a revised Strategy and Policy Statement in 2020.

23 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the imprisonment and planned execution of people in Bahrain on that country's compliance with international human rights obligations.

22 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hussein Abdullah Khalil Rashid and Zuhair Ibrahim Jasim Abdullah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Government of Bahrain on (a) the fairness of the trials of Zuhair and Husain Abdullah Khalil Rashid’s and (b) the allegations of the