Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with regulators to (a) safeguard the interests of consumers and (b) help ensure the financial stability of the water sector.
22 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the (a) continuity and (b) quality of water services for people served by Thames Water.
22 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Rape: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help support the mental health of victims while they wait for rape trials.
22 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Profession: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to help ensure digital (a) literacy and (b) understanding among legal professionals.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) integrity and (b) confidentiality of digital evidence in sexual assault cases.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Official Visits: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he used a private charter flight for his visit to Rwanda in December 2023; and whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of using alternative forms of transpor
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Official Visits: Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department takes to assess the (a) potential impact and (b) value for money of (i) his visit to Rwanda in December 2023 and (ii) other ministerial overseas visits.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Opioids
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department plans to assess the impact of the Synthetic Opioid Taskforce on the (a) supply and (b) demand for these drugs.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Opioids: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) the National Crime Agency and (b) local police forces on collaboration on tackling dark net markets involved in the distribution of synthetic opioids.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled £5 million fund to tackle fatal drug deaths across the UK, published on 29 August 2023, how this funding will be distributed; and what crit
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Opioids: Overdoses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to provide public health interventions for people at risk of overdosing on (a) naloxone and (b) other synthetic opioids.
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Opioids
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's press release entitled More synthetic opioids banned to protect communities, published on 20 March 2023, what assessment he has made of the impact of the change in l
22 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Nitazenes: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle the importation of nitazenes into the UK.
22 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Opioids: Overdoses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to improve how it collects data on non-fatal overdoses involving synthetic opioids.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Imports and Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting the (a) importation and (b) sale of dogs with (i) cropped ears and (ii) docked tails.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of importing pregnant dogs on the welfare of those dogs; and whether he has received representations from animal welfare organ
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the age at which puppies can be imported to six months and (b) reintroducing rabies blood tests for imported pup
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing sanctions for cases of puppy smuggling.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the commercial movement of pregnant dogs into Great Britain; and whether he plans to take legislative steps to curb this practice.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Loneliness: Civil Society
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with (a) local communities and (b) voluntary organisations to combat loneliness and social isolation in (i) older men and (ii) all elderly people.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Loneliness: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle moderate to high-levels of social isolation experienced by some older men.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Loneliness: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle chronic loneliness in people over the age of 65; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those steps.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) sustainable growth and (b) competitiveness of the steel sector in the context of recent trends in the level of Chinese steel exports.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Iron and Steel: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) impact of trends in the level of Chinese steel exports in the first two months of 2024 on the UK steel industry and (b) merits of taking additional s
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce regional variations in early diagnosis of ovarian cancer.
21 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to shorten the diagnostic pathway for ovarian cancer by allowing the CA125 blood test and ultrasound to be undertaken at the same time.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Education
Nutrition: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to include information about the benefits of eating (a) wholemeal and (b) traditionally made bread in the school curriculum to promote healthier eating habits.
21 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wheat: Agriculture
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) promote sustainable and regenerative wheat farming practices.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which sectors have seen a reduction in exports since 31 January 2020; and what estimate she has made of the impact on GDP of those reductions by sector.
20 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which industries have seen a reduction in exports since 31 January 2020; and what proportion those exports have reduced by.
Source: official written-questions record.