Preet Kaur Gill

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Official Development Assistance spending by the devolved Governments is included in (a) reporting to the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate and (b) the overall

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether devolved spending on asylum seekers, refugees and people from Ukrainian is included in Overseas Development Assistance (a) reporting to OECD Development Co-operation

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using artificial intelligence technologies in vehicles to detect local speed limits in residential areas.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new waste handler licence applications were refused in Birmingham in the last twelve months.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent unlicensed waste disposal companies using social media to advertise their services.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help tackle waste crime in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.

12 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Question 188086 on Asylum: Applications, how many of these applicants (a) have received support from the Overseas Development Aid budget and (b) continue to receiv

12 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nova Kakhovka Dam

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the destruction of the Khakovka dam on (a) global food production and prices, (b) hydroelectric energy output in Ukrain

12 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bilateral Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the (a) criteria and (b) process used by his Department for making decisions on bilateral country aid allocations.

6 Jun 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum claims made before the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 came into force have been decided on.

5 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Refugees: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has the UK provided to the Window for Host Communities and Refugees programme in each of the last five years.

5 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the Official Development Assistance budget has been spent on global public goods in each of the last five years.

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Brazil: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the (a) prevalence and (b) impact on climate goals of organised crime groups operating in the Brazilian Amazon; and what steps is he taking to

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department's international climate finance was gender marked using the OECD gender equality policy marker in the last two years for which information

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bilateral Aid: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of bilateral programme funding had a gender equality policy marker in the last two years for which information is available; and what proportion of that fundi

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Uganda: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) implications for his policies of trends in HIV/AIDS infections in Uganda and (b) adequacy of the impact of UK funded work in tha

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled UK pledges support for over a million people in East Africa, published by his Department on 24 May 2023, what assessment has he m

2 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people experiencing acute hunger in (a) Kenya, (b) Somalia, (c) Ethiopia and (d) South Sudan in each year since 2017.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Independent Faith Engagement Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much the independent faith engagement adviser has been paid each year since 2019; and if he will provide a breakdown of the (a) expenses and (b) other costs to the public purse a

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Surface Engineering: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the collection of non-commodity costs on energy bills for the surface engineering sector.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Surface Engineering: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to helpthe surface engineering sector to transition to net zero.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Surface Engineering: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support the surface engineering sector with energy costs.

22 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Independent Faith Engagement Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to accept the recommendations made in the Independent Review by Colin Bloom commissioned by his Department and published on 26 April 2023.

22 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: International Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) strengthen partnerships with African countries and (b) support greater African representation in multilateral fora.

22 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

African Union: G20

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's policy is on supporting the admittance of the African Union as a permanent member of the G20 intergovernmental forum.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Ceremonies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will make it his policy to recognise Handfastings as a legal ceremony of marriage.

16 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it remains his policy to increase Official Development Assisstance spend on R&D from £600 million in 2021-22 to £1 billion in 2024-25.

15 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much official development assistance he plans to allocate for delivery of his Department's International women and girls strategy 2023 to 2030, published on 8 March 2023,

15 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Weather: Damage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of anticipatory cash transfers to populations vulnerable to extreme weather events.

15 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Taliban's ban on female aid workers on the UK's humanitarian and development work in Afghanistan.