Written questions

561 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying the so-called escape fee to the Civil Legal Advice scheme to ensure that advisers are paid above the fixed fees that apply where costs exceed the

9 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for the Civil Legal Advice housing and debt telephone service in order to ensure continued provision of specialist advice and assistance through contracted

23 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that medicinal cannabis products be moved out of Schedule 1 and into Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations,

23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with train operating companies on the compensation payable to people when trains are cancelled but do not cause a delay of over an hour.

18 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with NHS England to ensure that consultants are aware of the licensing process for access to medical cannabis.

16 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he is having with NHS England to ensure that consultants are aware of the licencing process for access to medical cannabis.

16 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has given to the respective health departments in the devolved nations on access to medical cannabis under licence.

16 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussion she has had with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland the conditions of the licence for Billy Caldwell to ensure the availability of medicinal cannabis without the need to travel

6 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Plagiarism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to counter the practices of companies that offer essay writing and other cheat services to students in the UK.

6 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Plagiarism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is undertaking a review to establish the extent to which the practices of companies offering (a) essay writing and (b) other cheat services to students in the UK are illegal.

6 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will discuss with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland the conditions of the licence for Billy Caldwell to ensure he can receive medicinal cannabis without having to travel to Belfast.

4 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Plagiarism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it illegal for third party companies to provide exam answers to students.

4 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Plagiarism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) contract cheating services and (b) essay mills in Universities.

2 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Analgesics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2017 to Question 60736 on Analgesics, what the cost to the NHS was of purchasing opioid painkillers in 2016.

21 May 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Japanese Knotweed

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government is making on its strategy to tackle the spread of Japanese knotweed.

15 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek urgently the establishment of a UN-led investigation in to the recent actions of the Israeli Government towards protesters in Palestine.

15 May 2018 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will rescind all export licences allowing the export of arms to Israel.

17 Apr 2018 · Treasury

NHS: Finance

What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on funding for the NHS.

22 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to grant licences for medicinal cannabis products; and if he will make a statement.

1 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Trains: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of breakdowns which have affected bi-mode trains since their introduction in October 2017.

28 Feb 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans to publish the Computable General Equilibrium model estimates of the economic effect of the UK leaving the EU on other EU member states which are currently being undertaken.

27 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the proposed energy price cap will extend to people who use (a) heating oil, (b) liquefied petroleum gas and (c) solid fuels.

26 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to introduce the use of all forms of medicinal cannabis.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to re-establish the celebration of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month in schools.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the sale of food closer to its source of production.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest: Gower

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Gower were in receipt of support for mortgage interest in each year since 2010.

7 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Representation: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many court cases at least one defendant was without legal representation in (a) Wales and (b) City and County of Swansea for (i) civil and (ii) criminal cases in each year since 2010.

7 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diversity of judges.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has discussed with the BBC closing the gender pay gap at the BBC by 2020.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of BBC content that includes audio description; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.