Written questions

2,200 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Royal Commissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on establishing a Royal Commission on the criminal justice process.

20 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Food Supply

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report entitled Famine Review Committee: Gaza Strip, published in March 2024, if he will make an assessment of

18 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Overseas Investment: Fossil Fuels

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the press release entitled PM announces the UK will end support for fossil fuel sector overseas, published on 12 December 2020, how many fossil fuel-related inve

14 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Staff

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) statement entitled,

14 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Debt Collection: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to improve the regulation of debt collection practices.

14 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Credit: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to increase the regulation digital buy-now pay-later products.

13 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Inflation: Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted recent distributional analysis of the impact of inflation on people in different income brackets.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit Migration Notice letters he plans to send to people in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) the UK by 31 March 2025.

12 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the statement from the Canadian Government entitled Canada announces continued assistance for people in Gaza, published on 8 March 2024, whether his Department h

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of delays to planned rail reforms.

11 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primodos

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to implement recommendations in the report by the APPG on Hormone Pregnancy Test entitled Bitter Pill: Primodos - the forgotten thalidomide, published on 27 February

11 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism entitled Visa system forces care workers to stay silent

7 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 9921 on Teachers: Training, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the cost of living on teachers in training.

7 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the joint NGO statement entitled EU and Member States must sustain funding to UNRWA, published on 2

7 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UN Security Council: Reform

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the UN Meetings Coverage reports GA/12563, published on 17 November 2023, and GA/12586, published on 5 March 2024, what assessment he has made of the potential m

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her Department's planned timescale is for responding to the Patient Safety Commissioner's report entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh,

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Triamcinolone Hexacetonide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the supply of triamcinolone hexacetonide injections (intra-articular steroid) for children and young people with rheumatoid arthritis.

7 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Triamcinolone Hexacetonide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to review the impact categorisation of the supply shortage of triamcinolone hexacetonide injections (intra-articular steroid).

5 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of the NHS workforce working beyond the age of the current state pension age.

4 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the EU Commission's statement entitled Commission will proceed to paying €50 million to UNRWA and increase emergency support to Palestinians by €68 million in 20

4 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the EU Commission's decision to (a) restore funding for UNRWA and (b) allocate additional emergenc

4 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Babies

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the statement by UNICEF of 3 March 2024, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of reports that infants in Gaza are dying

1 Mar 2024 · Attorney General

Gender Based Violence: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls.

1 Mar 2024 · Attorney General

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she had with her (a) Israeli and (b) Palestinian counterparts on compliance with international humanitarian law during her visit to the Middle East in February 2024.

1 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a cross-government strategy to tackle health inequalities.

1 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of a call from over 250 members of the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) for a cross-government strategy to

1 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2024 to Question 15734 on Israel: Arms Trade, how many arms export licences have been assessed since 7 October 2023.

29 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will respond to the open letter from civil society groups entitled UK Government’s Refusal to Suspend Arms Transfers to Israel, published on 28 February 2024.

28 Feb 2024 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the terms of reference of the expert group to provide technical advice on compensation for the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry will include the recommendations of the reports entitled

28 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 to Question 15325 on Gaza: Internally Displaced People, whether he plans to seek guarantees from his Israeli counterparts on the right t

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