Written questions

327 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise the adoption by manufacturers of packaging of environmentally friendly designs.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of a deposit return scheme for glass bottles.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to decrease the level of energy dependence on gas.

5 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office

Death: Weather

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the rate of excess winter deaths in 2017-18.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent gas shortages.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is his Department taking to promote energy efficiency in households.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the production of electricity from onshore wind.

26 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Defence Policy: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128168, on EU Defence Policy: British Nationals Abroad, if he will list the Orders In Council made under s.4B(2) of the Internationa

19 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Defence Policy: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals were seconded to EU military and civilian missions and operations, in which countries those missions were located and by which EU treaty those missions were cre

30 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for the upcoming review of all personal independence payment claims.

15 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will match the level of EU funding provided to British Overseas Territories after the UK leaves the EU.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

ICT: Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce and promote digital literacy education for adults.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Disinformation: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to promote teaching young people how to critically analyse what they view on the internet and in the media to help them identify fake news.

19 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the right to vote to 16 and 17-year-olds.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of women affected by the Pensions Acts 1995 and 2011 in Cardiff North constituency.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of paying all women aged 60 or over but yet to reach state pension age (SPA) non-means tested income at Jobseekers Allowance rates until

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the social effects of bank branch closures on lower-income communities.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of bank branch closures in communities with lower population density and higher elderly populations.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Banks: Closures

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage banks to engage with customers and stakeholders before the 12-week minimum standards in the event of proposed bank branch closures.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Banks: Cardiff North

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bank branch closures there have been in Cardiff North constituency in the last 10 years.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Cost of Living

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments his Department has made on the potential effect on the cost of living of the UK leaving the EU.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Consumer Prices Index

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Consumer Prices Index

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments his Department has made of the implications for its policies in the increase of consumer prices since June 2016.

19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Exchange Rates

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments his Department has made of the implication for its policies of the devaluation of sterling since June 2016.

19 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessments his Department made of the potential effects of leaving the EU on the Government’s commitment to tackle air pollution and decarbonisation.

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to state aid approval to classify remote island wind as a separate technology in Pot 2 of the CfD scheme, whether he will consider other parts of the UK for inclusi

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Mid Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on determining applications under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 2003 for major wind farms in Mid Wales since 4 October 2016; and if he will make a

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Welsh onshore wind projects will be eligible to apply for any future Contracts for Difference Pot 1 auction in the same way as Scottish onshore wind projects in the event

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the production of electricity from onshore wind.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that electricity generated from renewable sources takes priority over energy generated from other sources.

Source: official written-questions record.