Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will appoint an independent facilitator to reconvene all-party talks on restoring the Northern Ireland Assembly.

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans she has to amend the powers of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission relating to legal proceedings as a result of Supreme Court case [2018] UKSC 27; and if she will make a statement.

17 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with (a) political parties and (b) civil society in Northern Ireland on (i) repealing and (ii) amending sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Political Parties: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make it her policy to launch a public consultation on amending the Transparency of Donations and Loans etc. (Northern Ireland Political Parties) Order 2018 to backdate these provisions to 201

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Political Parties: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) discussions her Department has held with and (b) representations her Department has received from the Electoral Commission about the adequacy of regulations governing donations to political

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Political Parties: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will hold discussions with the Electoral Commission on the adequacy of regulations governing donations to political parties in Northern Ireland in light of BBC Northern Ireland’s Spotlight program

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Stormont House Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for funding from money associated with the Fresh Start Agreement have been for (i) shared education projects and (ii) integrated education projec

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Stormont House Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many applications for funding for money associated with the Fresh Start Agreement have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected in each year since that funding has been made available; and for what reasons

17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Political Parties: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) controls and (b) transparency regulations on donations from outside the United Kingdom to political parties in Northern Ireland.

17 Jul 2018 · Home Office

State Visits: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner has submitted an application to his Department for Special Grant funding for additional costs associated with policing the visit of Donald Trump

17 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: State Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of hosting the visit of President Trump to the UK.

12 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of ePassport border gates was at each set of UK passport controls, including airports and juxtaposed controls at Brussels and Calais in each of the last five years for which figu

12 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken since his appointment to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from imprisonment in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

11 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Motor Neurone Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with (a) the Motor Neurone Disease Association and (b) people who have motor neurone disease on extending the special rules for terminal illness to include motor neurone dis

11 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wetlands: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what duties are placed on local authorities to protect Ramsar sites from damage as a result of development.

10 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of adequacy of conditions for people detained at Campsfield House immigration detention centre following the visit of the hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton Nort

4 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: State Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will ask the US Government to cover the cost to Thames Valley Police of policing any visit to Oxfordshire by the US President during his upcoming visit to the UK.

29 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lyme Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) National Institute for Health Research and (b) Medical Research Council on research into improving treatments for Lyme disease.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to bring publish a consultation on amending the School Admissions Code to enable summer-born children can be admitted to a reception class at the age of five when their parents believe it to be in

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Grammar Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent selective schools and sixth form colleges (a) suspending pupils and (b) encouraging pupils to leave due to poor grades.

27 Jun 2018 · Women and Equalities

Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Supreme Court judgment of 27 June 2018, what steps the Government is taking to review its policy on civil partnerships for opposite-sex couples.

21 Jun 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2018 to Question 905871 on Education: Northern Ireland, how much of the £500m funding will be allocated to integrated education.

21 Jun 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2018 to Question 905871 if she will meet with (a) Kellie Armstrong MLA and (b) the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon to discuss integrated education.

21 Jun 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Integrated Schools: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2018 to Question 905871, when she expects the full £500m from the Fresh Start negotiations to be allocated.

20 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Parking: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the level of penalty charges issued for blocking disabled parking spaces on changing behaviour.

20 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2018 to Question 128624 on colorectal cancer: screening, whether (a) the Clinical Reference Group has submitted the Preliminary Policy Proposal and (b) that po

20 Jun 2018 · Northern Ireland Office

Education: Northern Ireland

What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of expenditure on shared and integrated education in Northern Ireland.

12 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve (a) awareness of and (b) diagnosis of 22Q11 deletion syndrome.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2018 to Question 149070 on Department for Education: Public Expenditure, what efficiencies, savings and emerging underspends his officials have identified from which additional

11 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that Bill

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