Alex Sobel

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using volume thresholds rather than turnover in ensuring companies handling a high volume of forest risk commodities are in scop

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all companies will be in scope of the Environment Act 2021 due diligence regulations..

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to ensure the (a) quality and (b) transparency of information provided by companies under the Environment Act 2021 due diligence legislation on forest ris

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of sourcing information will be required of companies under the due diligence requirements on forest risk commodities of the Environment Act 2021.

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether cocoa will be included in the deforestation due diligence regulations from initial implementation.

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which priority forest risk commodities the Environment Act 2021 due diligence secondary legislation will include.

15 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: Commodities

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s planned time frame is for the introduction of secondary legislation to implement due diligence commitments on forest risk commodities in the Environment Act 2021.

15 May 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Eid al-Adha

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing Muslim students to take additional time off school during Eid.

15 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Refugees: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to provide support to refugees who wish to register their vehicles in the UK.

15 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) merits of reducing the recommended 12-week interval for receiving a second covid-19 vaccination for people under the age of 18 and

15 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend the offer of two Covid-19 vaccinations to people aged five on or before 31 August 2022 and over beyond 30 June 2023.

15 May 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability History Month

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to promote UK Disability History Month.

12 May 2023 · Department for Education

Post-18 Education and Funding Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding.

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

Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a blind bidding system for purchasing houses.

11 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many international medical students who completed their degree in the UK left the UK once qualified in the last five years.

11 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the breakdown of nationalities of International medical students studying in the UK.

11 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many international medical students are studying at UK universities.

10 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 180134 on Railways: Concessions, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its review of the Disabled Persons Railcard.

9 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect the active travel 4 budget.

9 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the current level of revenue funding for active travel.

9 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the level of funding planned for active travel until the end of this Parliament.

9 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the level of funding for active travel.

28 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for asylum made by Palestinian people were successful in the last 12 months.

28 Apr 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were processed by her Department in the last 12 months; and how many and what proportion of these applications were made by Palestinians.

26 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2023 to Question 180134 on Railways: Concessions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that updated eligibility criteria use identity-first language such as autistic pe

26 Apr 2023 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Proof of Identity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising the disabled person's bus pass as an official form of identification across Government services.

21 Apr 2023 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to allow people on British National (Overseas) visas to work as professional sportspersons.

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of standards on pesticides in CPTPP between members states and the UK; and if she will make a statement.

18 Apr 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help people receive updated autism assessments for use in Personal Independence Payment applications; whether he has made an assessment of the potentia

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent animals being (a) killed on roads or (b) left by the roadside following being killed or injured on agricultural land.