Written questions
2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Biofuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposed EU ban on palm oil in biofuels to tackle global deforestation.
26 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Borneo: Primates
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the effect of palm-oil production on orangutan populations in Borneo.
23 Feb 2018 · Department for Education
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference his Department's publication, Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England 2016 to 2017: statistical release SFR01/2018, published on 25 January 2018, if he will publish the average Progress 8
23 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the UN Envoy for Syria on airstrikes in Ghouta; and if he will make a statement.
23 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Written Questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer (a) Questions 121053 and 121054 tabled on 21 December 2017 and (b) Questions 124614, 124620, 124621 and 124622 tabled by on 24 January 2018 by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon
22 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities
Pupils: Sanitary Products
What steps the Government is taking to provide sanitary products to all school students who cannot afford to buy those products.
21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total sleep-in back pay liability for providers in (a) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, (b) Oxford city, (c) Oxfordshire and (d) England.
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people are not penalised in the energy market because of their impairment or condition.
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Disability Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will call on the Competition and Markets Authority to assess the effect of competition on the specialised equipment market for disabled people.
20 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which body is responsible for the governance and funding of testing for molecular features of Lynch syndrome in all people diagnosed with bowel cancer in accordance with NICE guidance, DG27, publis
20 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that funding is appropriately allocated to test all people with bowel cancer for molecular features of Lynch syndrome in accordance with NICE guidance,
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Education
Grammar Schools: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government’s policy is on offering disadvantaged pupils free travel for up to fifteen miles to attend a grammar school.
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UK Research and Innovation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the increased funding for UK Research and Innovation between 2015-16 and 2019-20 will be distributed to (a) the seven research councils, (b) Research England, and (c) Innovate
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle mobile phone use by motorists; and if he will make a statement.
20 Feb 2018 · Department for Education
Faith Schools: Truancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many faith schools are in the highest decile for persistent absence in (a) England and (b) the South East.
20 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the decision on the preferred supplier for the faecal immunochemical test kit tender award within the bowel cancer screening programme.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universities Superannuation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ask the Pensions Regulator to extend negotiations on the universities superannuation scheme.
19 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tezacaftor/ivacaftor
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the clinical benefits of making Symdeko available to people with cystic fibrosis; and if he will make a statement.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Education
Adoption: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many self-employed people adopted a child in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Adoption Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons self-employed and employed people are treated differently on the provision of statutory adoption leave.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Education
Self-employed: Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide financial support for self-employed people taking adoption leave.
8 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Home Office: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 122221 tabled on 11 January 2018 by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.
8 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rough sleepers have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in (i) England and (ii) Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
8 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Vagrancy Act 1824
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824.
8 Feb 2018 · Home Office
Vagrancy Act 1824
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department last reviewed the provisions of the Vagrancy Act 1824.
7 Feb 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Brexit
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU on UK Members of the European Parliament remaining members of that Parliament during any transition period after the UK has left the
7 Feb 2018 · Department for International Trade
Furs: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to reduce imports of fur to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
7 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Furs: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to improve the labelling of goods containing real fur.
7 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Regulations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Government has not yet responded to the ninth report of Session 2016-17 of the Women and Equalities Committee, Building for Equality: disability and the buil
1 Feb 2018 · House of Commons Commission
Parliamentary Estate: Plastics
To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps are being taken to reduce the use of (a) single-use plastic cutlery, (b) single-use plastic straws, (c) single-use coffee cups, (d) single
Source: official written-questions record.