Wera Hobhouse

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to prevent housing developers using loopholes in the Government's planning policy to reduce the number of affordable houses.

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has made an assessment of the extent to which the use of viability assessments could reduce affordable housing contributions.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to put in place additional measures to empower local licensing authorities to ensure public safety in taxi and private hire vehicles.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of taxi and private hire vehicles which are working cross-border despite having their licences revoked by a local licensing authority.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safety of people using taxi and private hire vehicles as a result of the 2015 changes to the rules on cross-border taxi and private hire vehicle use.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a central UK-wide register of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to update regulations relating to taxi and private hire vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

2 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Electrical Safety: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the responsibility for responding to the recommendations of his Department's Electrical Safety Working Group has been transferred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy an

27 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to contribute to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 4, on inclusive and quality education for all and promoting lifelong learning with regard to women

27 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of potential changes to the number of people sleeping rough during winter 2017-18.

26 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to increase its investment in education for women and girls in Syria.

24 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release of 12 October 2017, when his Department plans to announce how the new £48 billion funding for Britain's railways will be allocated.

24 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake an assessment of the potential effect on levels of air pollution in Bath of the (a) completion and (b) non-completion of rail electrification between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads.

24 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the completion of electrification of the rail line between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads.

24 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the completion of the electrification of the rail line between Chippenham and Bristol Temple Meads.

11 Oct 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to publish the impact assessments of the UK leaving the EU.

9 Oct 2017 · Department for International Trade

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of how World Trade Organisation rules would affect UK trade in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a trade deal.

14 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether social rents will revert to the previously agreed settlement of Consumer Price Index plus one per cent from 1 April 2020.

28 Jun 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

High Rise Flats: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing white goods safety checks in tower blocks in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.

28 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce mandatory electrical safety checks in the social rented sector in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.

28 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make electrical safety checks in rented homes mandatory after the working group set up by his Department under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 completes its work.