Written questions
1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on allowing independent monitors to access detention centres housing prisoners from Gaza.
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, upon what evidential basis she will deem it sufficient to lift the temporary pause on the processing of Syrian asylum seeker claims.
12 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in the Welsh Government on the application of the Barnett formula to agriculture funding in Wales from the 2025-26 financial year.
10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment of HGV drivers.
10 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Roads: Freight
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to extend full expensing to leased vehicles to support the road haulage industry in Wales.
10 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Roads: Freight
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to support the Welsh road freight industry.
10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: Motorway Service Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve truck stop facilities for HGV drivers.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of child maintenance service cases are being dealt with by the specialist domestic abuse caseworker team.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) Paying Parents and (b) Receiving Parents using the Child Maintenance Service disclosed domestic abuse in 2023-24.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Addictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) external lottery managers, (b) bookmakers and (c) other gambling providers on the (i) forms and (ii) levels of gambling ha
31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Pembrokeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for an inquest to be concluded in Pembrokeshire in each of the last five years.
31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Ceredigion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for an inquest to be concluded in Ceredigion in each of the last five years.
31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Pembrokeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of the inquests launched in Pembrokeshire in each of the past ten years, how many were concluded within 6 months.
31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Ceredigion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, of the inquests launched in Ceredigion in each of the past ten years, how many were concluded within 6 months.
31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Pembrokeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests were launched in Pembrokeshire in each of the past ten years.
31 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Ceredigion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests were launched in Ceredigion in each of the past ten years.
27 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Carer's Allowance: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people living in Wales that have received overpayments of the Carers Allowance.
21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: International Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with his Israeli counterparts on ensuring that actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory comply with international law.
21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: International Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Israel's operation Iron Wall in the occupied West Bank; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy
21 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Cars: Loans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of people eligible for compensation and (b) the total cash value of the compensation owed under the ruling by the Court of Appeal from October 2024 that certain commissio
20 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of copyright law to ensure that creators are remunerated for the use of their work in training AI tools.
20 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty.
13 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Sales: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending deemed reseller rules to include UK-established sellers.
13 Jan 2025 · Treasury
VAT: Tax Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the extent of VAT non-compliance by overseas retailers selling (a) goods and (b) services in the UK through online marketplaces.
13 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Sales: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the revenue raised by extending deemed reseller rules to include UK-established sellers.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussion he has had with (a) Skills England and (b) the equivalent agencies in the devolved nations on the AI Opportunity Action Plan.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that that the skills needed for the implementation of the AI Opportunity Action Plan are developed across all four nations of the UK.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the AI Opportunity Action Plan.
13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Death Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (England and Wales) Regulations 2024 on the timely registration of deaths.
13 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office
Death Certificates: Wales
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, of the deaths registered in Wales between 9 September 2024 and 31 December 2024 and which were not reported to the Coroner, how long on average did it take for a certificate for (a) burial or (b) cremation to be
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