Alex Sobel

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact on public health of relocating people seeking asylum that are receiving treatment for tuberculosis.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Phlebotomy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to retain NHS phlebotomists.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that type 2 diabetic patients have access to treatment in the context of shortages in the supply of Ozempic.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce gynaecology waiting lists in hospitals.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits taking steps to increase the cost of private jet flights, in the context of their impact on the environment.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of closing train station ticket offices in (a) Leeds, (b) Burley Park and (c) Horsforth rail stations on the (i) safety and (ii) accessibility of

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Police: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative estimate of the number of the times that the police have used their powers under (a) the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 and

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sandeels: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take with the responses to her Department's consultation on spatial management measures for industrial sandeel fishing, which closed on 29 May 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Ethiopia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Ethiopian applicants for family reunion.

19 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided guidance to NICE on the evidence used to inform the criteria updates to its Highly Specialised Technology processes.

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Joint Replacements: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) implications for his Department's policies of the Joint Replacement Support Package created by Versus Arthritis.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to amend the planning policy definition of Gypsies and Travellers in Planning Policy for Traveller Sites 2015; and whether he plans to revert to the definition used in

18 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE’s Topic Selection Oversight Panel considers (a) clinical and (b) patient expert insights in its decision-making processes.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fundão Tailing Dam

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met his Brazilian counterpart to discuss the ongoing impact of the Mariana Dam incident.

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) accelerate and (b) support the transition to new approach methodologies for (i) research and (ii) experiments; and if she will make a state

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to change the definition of Gypsies and Travellers in the document published by his Department entitled Planning policy for traveller sites in 2015 to t

5 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Ombudsman Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support the Housing Ombudsman to manage backlogs.

5 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Pre-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department plans to require the NHS Business Service Authority to provide reminders to patients whose prepayment certificates are due to expire.

3 Jul 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to support those on a British National (Overseas) Visa to enter work.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons some bus routes are not included on the government's bus fare scheme.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Bus Strategy in encouraging more people to travel by bus.

28 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of passenger journeys made on local bus services by (a) metropolitan area and (b) urban-rural status for 2022-23 in (i) England, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber

28 Jun 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of reoffending rates in (a) the UK, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Denmark and (d) other countries.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the mental health of teachers.

26 Jun 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the mental health of teachers on the quality of education provided.

21 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support (a) his Department and (b) the NHS provides to people diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and their families.

21 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) Leeds Hospital Charity and (b) Rob Burrow on the creation of the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease.

20 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Leader of the House on legislative proposals to prevent pet smuggling; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making cat smug

14 Jun 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to NHS dentists on whether they are required to give patients notice before they are removed from their register.

12 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Indonesia: Overseas Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is considering making any financial contribution to the proposed Industrial Park in the Banteng Region of Indonesia.