Written questions

1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of allegations of (a) femicide and (b) forced disappearances of women in Sudan.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) justice and (b) accountability for survivors of sexual violence in Sudan.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of services to survivors of sexual violence in Sudan.

2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in Sudan.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure safe and accessible cycling routes to (a) schools, (b) workplaces and (c) local services for (i) women and girls and (ii) people who trip-chain during peak travel t

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) support and (b) funding is available from her Department for cycle training schemes that (i) are specifically tailored for girls and (ii) have a minimum threshold for the number of girls participating.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) schools, (b) employers and (c) community groups to encourage cycling by women and girls.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve reporting mechanisms for women cyclists who experience (a) abuse and (b) intimidation.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on reports of (a) abuse and (b) harassment of women cyclists.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of cycling on women's safety.

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Chemical Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of the use of chemical weapons in the conflict in Sudan.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

African Diaspora Malaria Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social care, whether he has held recent discussions with the African Diaspora Malaria Initiative partnership.

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of adherence to the Murad Code on improving information-gathering from survivors of sexual violence in conflicts within S

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Oppression: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of trends in the levels of transnational repression towards Sudanese diaspora peace activists in the UK.

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in levels of suicide among women impacted by conflict in Sudan.

21 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) children and (b) adults who access the internet through a virtual private network.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce: Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Defending Democracy Taskforce has had with civil society organisations.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report by Demos entitled Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce: Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Defending Democracy Taskforce (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to help tackle threats to democracy arising from the lack of availability of high-quality local news.

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Defending Democracy Taskforce (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to help tackle threats to democracy outside of election periods.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the Building Safety Regulator is taking to reduce decision times by the regulator for approving multi-storey residential blocks.

21 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sanitary Products: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to carry out a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) disposable, (b) reusable and (c) other environmentally-friendly period products on the

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kyrgyzstan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether human rights issues in Kyrgyzstan have been examined within the framework of the Developing Countries Trade Scheme.

21 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kyrgyzstan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether human rights issues in Kyrgyzstan were discussed at the first meeting of the Kyrgyz-British Strategic Dialogue in February 2025.

20 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Fundraising: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of online fundraising platforms' use of tipping sliders.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Social Housing Action Campaign's research entitled Tribunals Research Finds Overcharging

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tuberculosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who have contracted tuberculosis in each of the last five years.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Malaria: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who have contracted malaria in each of the last five years.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions there have been to hospital due to (a) treatment-resistant tuberculosis and (b) complications from treatment-resistant tuberculosis in each of the last five years; and what prop

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions there have been to hospital due to (a) tuberculosis and (b) complications from tuberculosis in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those admissions were due to t

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