Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international partners to work towards a cessation of hostilities in Israel and Gaza.

12 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: International Criminal Court

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made representations to the Israeli Government to encourage Israel to become a state party to the International Criminal Court.

12 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Visas

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has plans to impose visa bans on Israeli settlers committing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has had recent discussions on the reconstruction of Gaza as part of a peace process.

7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on another humanitarian pause in Gaza.

7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on (a) a blockade of Gaza, (b) compliance with international law and (c) protection of civilians.

7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Disease Control

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the risk of an outbreak of (a) cholera and (b) other water-borne diseases in Gaza.

7 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of (a) aid, (b) shelter and (c) key public infrastructure in the Al Mawasi safe zone.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to cancel Phase 2 of HS2 on jobs at (a) the Alstom site in Derby and (b) around the country.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Alstom

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to (a) prevent the closure of the Alstom factory, (b) protect jobs (i) at and (ii) in the supply chain for the Alstom factory.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Alstom

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commit to meeting with Unite the Union to discuss working collaboratively to prevent the loss of rail manufacturing jobs at Alstom and its supply chain.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Elizabeth Line and Southeastern: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the cross Whitehall task force to bring in mitigations against redundancies will also consider bringing forward existing refurbishment

6 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the level of the interchange fee set by LINK to help ensure that there is no cost to customers for using ATMs.

6 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to prevent financial exclusion for people reliant on access to cash.

6 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Portsmouth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to maintain the provision of free-to-use ATMs in Portsmouth South constituency.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve transport for young people in Portsmouth South constituency.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Bicycles: Portsmouth South

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support young people purchase bicycles in Portsmouth South constituency.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC Board on the BBC's Digital First savings strategy, published on 29 November 2023.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to take steps to introduce legislative proposals to (a) phase out animal testing and (b) support a full transition to non-animal approaches.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prohibit the re-testing on animals of (a) materials, (b) chemicals, (c) foods and (d)

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an expert advisory task force on non-animal scientific research.

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce animal testing.

29 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Shingles: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing NHS guidance to allow people aged between 65 and 70 on 1 September 2023 to have the shingles vaccination.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Criminal Court: Finance

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to the International Criminal Court to help ensure that it can (a) fulfil its mandate and (b) investigate the conduct of

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Fuels

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on increasing fuel supplies entering Gaza.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on increasing the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

29 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Pauses

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to secure an extension to the humanitarian pause in Gaza.

29 Nov 2023 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will undertake a post legislative review of section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 to help assess the potential effectiveness of the introduction of an offence of controlling or co

29 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific offence of manslaughter caused by coercive and controlling behaviour.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce non-statutory guidance on a whole school approach for preventing violence against women and girls in education settings.

Source: official written-questions record.