Written questions

Preet Kaur Gill

2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure covid-19 vaccines donated by the UK to low income countries do not expire before they can be administered.

22 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number and percentage of UK surplus covid-19 vaccinations donated to low income countries that have expired before they could be

22 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jagtar Singh Johal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on the arbitrary detention of UK national, Mr Jagtar Singh Johal.

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of homes for social rent that will not be built as a result of council liabilities arising from building safety matters over the next five yea

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of homes for social rent that will not be built over the next five years as a result of housing association and council liabilities arising fr

21 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bangladesh: Hinduism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has raised the matter of recent reported attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh with her Bangladeshi counterpart.

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what remedy is available to (a) leaseholders and (b) residents who wish to commission an EWS1 report but whose building owner or management company refuses to sanction one.

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether an EWS1 report can be retrospectively invalidated in the event that the presumptions about the type of cladding in the external wall system on which it was originally based a

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, where a building has had two EWS1 reports commissioned that have awarded it different ratings, what his Department's policy is on how lenders should decide which one to work with.

20 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Landmines

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to ensure adequate overseas development assistance funding for mine action.

20 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor about where the remainder of the Special Drawing Rights the UK has received should be used since the announcement by the Chan

20 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact on funding for existing projects of counting a percentage of the additional loan of ove

20 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the use of Special Drawing Rights to (a) support low income countries and (b) tackle the covid-19

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of the launch of the International Biodiversity Fund on the 23 September 2019, how much of the £220 million that was announced for t

15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral evidence of the then Secretary of State and acting Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development to the International Develop

15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Rainforests

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect tropical forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Tree Felling

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a moratorium on new logging concessions.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Private Rented Housing: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is she taking to prevent the posting of sex for rent advertisements on social media websites.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid: Sudan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether debt relief for Sudan will be counted as contributing to the target of 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income being spent on Official Development Assistance.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid: Sudan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether debt relief for Sudan will be counted as Official Development Assistance (ODA) in (a) 2021-22 and (b) future financial years; and how much ODA it will be counted as.

15 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Development Aid: Sudan

15 Oct 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £286 million allocated in aid to Afghanistan in 2021 has been dispersed as of 18 October 2021; and what her timetable is for remaining aid to be dispersed.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiverse Landscapes Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, how many activities have been started under the Biodiverse Landscapes Fund as at 14 of October 2021.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has for leaseholders where a B2 rating of a building given in an EWS1 survey was made on the basis of incorrect information, including an error in the id

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of buildings that have commissioned more than one EWS1 survey and received different ratings; and what guidance he has provided on how buildin