Written questions

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Females: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of austerity on BAME women.

20 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Females: Directors

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to work with FTSE 350 companies to increase the number of women chairs.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement shared parental pay and paternity pay as a right for all employees from their first day of employment.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allocate more funding towards Access to Work.

20 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

LGBT+ People: Human Rights

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that LGBT+ rights are protected when the UK leaves the EU.

20 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sri Lanka: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Sri Lanka on the effect of the Chunnakam power plant complex on Northern Sri Lanka's water supply.

18 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Parental Leave

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on increasing the viability of Shared Parental Leave to parents.

18 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government is making on their commitment to remove VAT on sanitary products.

18 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

EnAble Fund for Elected Office

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to promote the EnAble Fund for Elected Office and ensure aspiring candidates are aware of their rights.

18 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities

Candidates: Disability

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what support will be available for disabled candidates standing for upcoming parliamentary elections.

18 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure gender pay equality in the civil service.

12 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nasrin Sotoudeh

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Iran on the sentencing of Nasrin Sotoudeh.

4 Mar 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled Plastic packaging plan: Achieving zero 'waste' exports, published by Policy Connect in January 2019, what assessment he has made of the potential

4 Mar 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the draft animal sentience bill.

4 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to hold a meeting with some of the youth climate strikers.

4 Mar 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollinators: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reverse the decline of pollinators.

4 Mar 2019 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it remains her policy to allocate 0.7 per cent Gross National Income to poverty reduction programmes overseas.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to address the problem of plastic waste at design and manufacture level.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce legally binding recycling targets after the UK leaves the EU.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development

Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to protect human rights defenders throughout the world.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development

Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding allocated from the Cross-Government Prosperity Fund complies with her Department’s duty on poverty reduction.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of passenger compensation on the railway.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on roads.