Written questions

Alex Norris

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Drugs: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of when the targeted stakeholder engagement exercise on the proposed offence of cuckooing will conclude.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support for community energy projects.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he Department has had recent discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the adequacy of consumer protection in the private veterinary industry in cases of misdia

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of costs in the private veterinary industry.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Swords and Daggers: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) homicides and (b) other offences involved the use of a ninja sword in the last three years.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the types of (a) knives and (b) other sharp instruments that have been used in (i) homicides and (ii) other offences involving those instruments in the latest

13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has set targets for the recruitment of (a) women and (b) ethnic minorities to the armed forces.

13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to tackle racism in the armed forces.

13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of racism in the armed forces.

1 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to promote the interests of older people at the UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage in September.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department have taken to promote awareness of the survey of (a) Fire Risk Assessors and (b) Responsible Persons to potential participants.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of impact of plastic waste in the environment on the food chain.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the amount of existing plastic waste in the environment.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent estimate of the amount of plastic waste in the UK environment.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Ministerial approval is required for project adjustment requests.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans for the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot to (a) start and (b) finish.

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to announce the ten local authorities taking part in the Simplification Pathfinder Pilot.

29 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a system to help people locate local dental surgeries accepting new NHS patients.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working alongside local decision makers when allocating levelling up funding.

21 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of regional imbalance in the allocation of levelling up funding.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the terms of reference for the review of voter ID changes.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has appointed a reviewer to conduct a review of voter ID changes at the May 2023 local elections.

12 Jun 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Rebate

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2023 to Question 151412 on Energy Bills Rebate, what progress his Department has made on providing energy cost support to travellers and itinerant liveaboard

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Potatoes: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent rises in the price of potatoes on the viability of fish and chip shops.

17 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities