Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Entry Clearances: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the 30 day entry clearance vignette while travel restrictions are in place as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Supermarkets: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2020 to Question 33719 on Supermarkets: Coronavirus, what steps he is taking to ensure supermarkets improve the accessibility of online shopping for
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding allocated by her Department to prevent and tackle the spread of covid-19 in developing countries is not used to (a) support the security sectors a
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with women’s rights organisations based in the global south to help to inform her Department's response to the covid-19 pandemic.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Migrant Camps
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to help (a) tackle overcrowding and (b) provide adequate sanitation in camps which support refugees and internally displaced persons.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support poor and vulnerable people living in middle income countries who are vulnerable to covid-19.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with private creditors on cancelling the debt repayments of countries in the global south to enable those countries to focus their finances on resourcing thei
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to guarantee that a potential vaccine to tackle covid-19 is affordable and accessible to all countries.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
CDC: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with Nick O'Donohoe, CEO of the CDC, about the role CDC investments can play in ensuring private sector health companies provide free treatment and care to ta
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to (a) support and (b) scale-up local health systems in the Global South.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the cancellation of the 2020 Nutrition for Growth summit, what plans her Department has to announce funding for nutrition.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to add flexibility to existing grants to NGOs to enable them to support countries affected by covid-19 in the Global South.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available through the rapid response facility to support the poorest and most vulnerable countries during the covid-19 pandemic.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of how lessons from the Ebola epidemic can be used to help support countries during the covid-19 pandemic.
24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Key Workers: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the (a) coverage and (b) fit of masks that are being supplied to front line key workers with beards.
24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk of covid-19 spreading in dental practices; and what steps he will take to minimise those risks.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to respond to Question 15079 asked by the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston on 12 February 2020.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance has been (a) committed and (b) distributed to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
UNICEF
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Henrietta H Fore, the chief executive of UNICEF.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Bond
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Stephanie Draper, the chief executive of Bond, the UK network for organisations working in international development.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last met with Dr Seth Berkley, the chief executive of GAVI.
22 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to use hospital laboratories to increase the capacity to test NHS staff for covid-19.
22 Apr 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Electronic Commerce: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of adoption of the extremely vulnerable category in policies pertaining to online shopping.
22 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 35046 on Developing Countries: Coronavirus, when the impact assessment will be completed; and if she will publish the findings of that assessm
22 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the guidance document Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home, version 1, published 2 April 2020 was withdrawn on 6 April 2020.
21 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 35014 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the need f
21 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Overseas Territories: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria the Government uses to prioritise registrations for seats on return flights for British nationals stranded abroad due to the covid-19 outbreak.
21 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the military pension and the interaction of that pension with other state benefits in the provision of financial support to veterans on low incomes.
21 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home guidance document, version 1, published on 2 April 2020, will be updated.
21 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the care sector has been instructed to follow the version 1 Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home guidance document published on 2 April 2020, since 6 Apri
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