Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 12098 on Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors, whether she has received the representations required for the re-determination of the appli

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Ofcom's press release entitled Universal postal service must modernise, published on 24 January 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals to reduce the

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to Ofcom's press release entitled Universal postal service must modernise, published on 24 January 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposals to reduce the

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a reduction in Royal Mail service days on small (a) businesses and (b) online traders.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Body Shop: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will hold discussions with (a) FRP Advisory and (b) The Body Shop International Limited on alleged procedural errors in recent redundancy processes.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Body Shop: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help support people made redundant by The Body Shop International Limited.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kurds: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to promote stability in the (a) region of Kurdistan and (b) surrounding area.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kurds: Turkey

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to promote relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and Turkey.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to promote democracy in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to promote free and fair elections in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the Federal Government of Iraq to promote inclusion of Kurdish (a) political leaders and (b) Members of Parliament in the (i) Iraq

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure the Federal Government of Iraq uphold the constitutional rights of the Kurdish population.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Kurds

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to promote relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government of Iraq.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kurds: Foreign Relations

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his department is taking to promote relations between the UK and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to support survivors of the Halabja chemical weapons attack living in (a) Halabja and (b) the UK.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Repossession Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of court processes for the repossession of rental properties before the commencement of the Renters (Reform

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Renters (Reform) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential impact of the Renters (Reform) Bill on levels of demand on the courts.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour committed by tenants living in rented properties.

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing specialist housing courts.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Hostage Taking

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent progress his Department has made on helping to secure the release of hostages in Gaza.

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to the Israeli government on (a) publishing an official list of aid that is restricted to Gaza and (b) ensuring that nutritional and medical aid ne

25 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to the Israeli government on the potential merits of enabling a neutral humanitarian organisation to (a) conduct checks on aid and (b) facilitate t

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Create Streets and Sustrans study entitled Stepping off the Road to Nowhere, published on 10 March 2024.

18 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount and proportion of tax identified by HMRC as being avoided through disguised remuneration schemes that will be paid by people who (a) recommended, (b) promoted and (c) o

18 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Companies: Cost of Living and Inflation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the level of profits made by companies outside the oil and gas industries on (a) the cost of living and (b) inflation.

18 Mar 2024 · Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department conducted distributional analysis of the impact of the reduction to National Insurance contributions announced in the Spring Budget 2024 on people in different income brackets.

18 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Cost of Living

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of his measures introduced in the Spring Budget 2024 on the cost of living.

15 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Alstom: Derby

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Alstom on their factory in Derby.

15 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the introduction of the aggravating factor for attacks on public facing workers on levels of retail crime.

15 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Theft: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle retail theft.

Source: official written-questions record.