Written questions

Matt Western

931 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Standards

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on maintaining British food standards in the trade deal with Australia.

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Certification Quality Marks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will delay the deadline for businesses to switch to UK conformity assessments for pyrotechnics by at least one year.

8 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Service Industries: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support trade in services with EU countries.

16 Jun 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

What assessment the Government has made of the potential benefits for frictionless trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK of a veterinary agreement between the UK and the EU.

10 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the value for money of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the context of the changes to Government policy that have resulted from that inquiry.

10 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations made to date by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse; and whether she has plans to bring forward leg

7 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chickenpox: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation plans to complete its review into the inclusion of the varicella (chicken pox) vaccine in the childhood vaccination programme.

18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chickenpox: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the chickenpox vaccination in the childhood vaccination programme.

12 May 2021 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the cost of quarantine for international students returning from covid-19 red countries.

18 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

What steps he is taking to tackle the digital divide.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Government Assistance

What steps he is taking to support farmers producing food for the domestic market.

25 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Leamington Spa

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contracts his Department has signed with private companies relating to the running of a new high throughput laboratory in Leamington Spa.

25 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a zero emissions vehicle mandate for manufactures to produce, import or sell new electric vehicles.

25 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) a bonus-malus or grant scheme and (b) zero per cent or reduced VAT rate on new electric vehicles to incentivise consumer purchase of those

25 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the South African variant of covid-19 can be identified through processing available at the Milton Keynes Lighthouse Laboratory.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to phase out the (a) EV Homecharge Scheme and (b) Workplace Charging Scheme after 2022.

11 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to provide guidance on how local election counts can be made covid-secure, with particular reference to ensuring those who are observers attending the elect

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Overseas Students: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that employers are aware that (a) international postgraduate students and (b) other international students studying

2 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish weekly data on (a) the number of people vaccinated for covid-19 by (i) constituency and (ii) lower local authority level and (b) the proportion of people vaccinated for covid-19

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Central Heating

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes fitted with central heating microbore pipework.

10 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 104155 on Hospitals: Birmingham, tabled by the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington on 15 October 2020.

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of unemployment.

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Jonathan Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made in the last two weeks to his counterpart in (a) Croatia and (b) Monaco on securing the return of Jonathan Taylor to the UK.