Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to ensure that respirators provided by his Department are compatible with a beard for armed forced personal who have a faith requirement to keep their beard.
30 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason there is no respirator provided compatible with a beard, for service personnel who are required to keep their beard as a result of their faith.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Eurostar: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support Eurostar in response to its suspension of services from the UK to mainland Europe as a result of the French, Dutch and Belgian Governments closing its borders with the UK from 21 De
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the effect of the Government's decision to change the covid-19 restrictions on travel for Christmas 2020 on the number of train passengers travelling on Saturday 19 December 2020.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Supermarkets: Packaging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with supermarkets on reducing their usage of non-recyclable packaging for foodstuffs.
30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sri Lanka: Cremation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to his Sri Lankan counterpart on the cremation in that country of covid-19 victims regardless of religious belief.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how he plans to minimise disruption on the Great Western Railway due to an outbreak of covid-19 among railway staff causing the cancellation of services during the Christmas period.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Northern: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Northern Rail Ltd. on progress of cascading the class 323 rolling stock from West Midlands Trains and introduction of the class 769 Flex trains onto the network.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Isle of Wight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to minimise disruption to passenger journeys during the upgrade to the Island Line on the Isle of Wight.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
South Western Railway: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with South Western Railway on the introduction of Class 701 'Arterio' units; and in what order that operator will be removing the Class 455, 456, 458 and 707 trains.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on issuing guidance on (a) people returning to places of work in places and cities under different tiers and (b) other e
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to inform the public of plans put in place on the rail network to reduce the spread of covid-19 when people travel over the Christmas period.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Social Distancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to promote social distancing and covid-19 compliance on all rail networks.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential operational effect on the UK rail network of an end to the transition period without an agreement on future trade relations.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish additional written guidance for members of the public who plan on travelling to an area under a different tier between 23 and 27 December 2020.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail operators on alternative travel arrangements in the event that trains are cancelled between 23 and 27 December 2020.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail operators on potential train cancellations between 23 and 27 December 2020.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of rail workers who are self-isolating due to covid-19.
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail operators on contingency plans in the event that rail workers have to self-isolate as a result of covid-19 over the Christmas period.
17 Dec 2020 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason past tax discrepancies result in good character requirement failures under paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules' grounds for refusing indefinite leave to remain.
16 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2020 to Question 128719 on rolling stock, whether he plans to encourage operators to increase the number of carriages with built-in ramps.
16 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
British Transport Police: Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on British Transport Police working on the rail network of temporarily lifting covid-19 restrictions over the Christmas 2020 period.
16 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission report, Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands and the North: final report, published on 15 December 2020, whether it remains his Department's policy to
16 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he is planning to respond to the National Infrastructure Commission report, Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands and the North.
16 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend the Building Safety Fund application deadline.
16 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of increasing rail fares on encouraging passengers to return to rail travel, once covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to ensure customer-facing rail workers are not subject to verbal abuse whilst at work.
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with British Transport Police on the effect on transport of temporarily lifting covid-19 restrictions over the Christmas period.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he discussed the farmers protest in India during his recent visit to that country.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he had with the Government of India on his recent visit to that country.
Source: official written-questions record.