Written questions

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Restaurants: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging or requiring restaurant chains to introduce information on the carbon cost of menu items.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual (a) budget and (b) expenditure of his Department's CBRN Emergencies team, formerly the Government Decontamination Service, was in each of the last 10 years.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Leasing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the rolling stock companies on limiting the increasing costs of their operating leases; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Leasing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail White Paper does not include proposals for controlling the increasing costs of rolling stock leases; and if he will make a statement.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants employed within his Department have also been employed at the same time by other organisations in the last five years; and who those organisations are.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock Companies: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2021 to Question 49664 on Rolling Stock: Coronavirus, how many times and on what dates he or his officials have met with (a) Angel, (b) Porterbrook and (c) Ever rolling stock co

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether under the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail Great British Railways will have the ability to run services directly in the public sector.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Artificial Intelligence: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is seeking international regulatory standards and safeguards on the development of artificial intelligence.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to review intellectual property legislation as it relates to the protection of (a) artificial intelligence technology and (b) inventions made by artific

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has a strategy to help ensure that the UK becomes a world leader in (a) research and development, (b) regulation and (c) safe adoption of artificial intelli

8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rents: Arrears

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to support individuals in rent arrears as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) in Slough constituency and (b) in total have downloaded the NHS app.

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the health of the rolling stock market following the ORR’s determination in April 2020 that the original competition concerns identified by the Competition Commission in 2009 have

8 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Artificial Intelligence: Civil Liberties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to understand the impact artificial intelligence may have to civil liberties of people within the UK.

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the cost of (a) his plans on flexible season tickets and (b) offering a three-day and four-day season ticket.

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out a timetable for agreeing the new (a) National Rail Contracts and (b) Passenger Service Contracts.

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the public sector is prohibited from operating rail passenger services except as an operator of last resort; and whether the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail will propose bringing forward legislative propo

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, (a) when he plans to set a growth target for rail freight; (b) how that target will be determined; and (c) whether he plans to consult ahead of developing th

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2021 to Question 6431 on Health and Safety Executive: Staff, what the (a) mean and (b) median salary was of HSE (i) staff and (ii) contingent labour for the period End o

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2021 to Question 6431on Health and Safety Executive: Staff, for what reason the Health and Safety Executive's use of contingent labour has increased from seven in 2016-1

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

Tooth Whitening: Hydrogen Peroxide

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure home teeth-whitening kits sold online do not contain dangerous levels of hydrogen peroxide.

8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been referred to the UK’s terrorism prevention programme.

8 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence

National Flagship

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the additional annual value of trade and investment that the new national flagship will bring into the UK economy.

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to make medical records available to commercial third parties; and what steps he is taking to ensure that medical records are not disclosed to third parties without th

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Anti-social Behaviour and Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce antisocial behaviour and assaults on trains.

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to NHS dental care.

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Trains: Hitachi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7907 on Trains: Hitachi, what data he holds on the number of instances in which Hitachi's Intercity Class 800 series trains were found to have failings or struc

8 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to ensure that pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy is made a UK-wide priority in pancreatic cancer care.

8 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2021 to Question 6423, if he will publish (a) the conclusions of the two Internal Process Reviews following receipt of a Prevention of Future Death Report and (b) any ac

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