Alex Sobel

25 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 57 of the Environment Act 2021, whether all local authorities in England will be required to collect glass directly from households by October 2023.

22 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

ADHD and Autism: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to help ensure that women with autism and/or ADHD are consulted in order that their lived experience informs review processes for (a) personal independence payment, (b) uni

22 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to provide post-lockdown support to families affected by substance abuse.

18 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeframe is for adding booster covid-19 vaccinations to the domestic and travel Covid Pass on the NHS app and website.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

National Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to mitigate the effect on local authority's finances of the 1.25 per cent rise in National Insurance.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Conditions of Employment and Pay: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will offer support to (a) Glasgow city council, (b) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (c) the Scottish Government to reach an agreement with trade unions on pay

8 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Spiking: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect women from drink spiking in (a) bars and (b) other venues in England and Wales.

8 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Spiking: Alcoholic drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of drink spiking incidents in England and Wales.

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department’s elective recovery plan will include details on how hospital bed and surgical capacity should be prioritised to ensure the continuation of trauma and orthopaedic operations

8 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department is collecting on the number of NHS Trusts that are cancelling priority two elective procedures in response to capacity limitations.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Orphan Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which medicines with an EMA Orphan Medicines Product designation have been appraised by NICE through a Single Technology Appraisal process; and what category of recommendation, (a) recommended, (b)

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NICE will take to ensure that responses from stakeholders to the review of its methods and processes are considered as part of that review.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the change to the discount rate from 3.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent can be implemented by NICE.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of proposals for change to NICE methods and processes on the Government’s policy for rare disease patients to have improved access to

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NICE review of its methods and processes enables patients with rare and very rare conditions to access innovative treatments through the NHS.

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of potential effect of the change in (a) passenger numbers and (b) carbon emitted following the abolishment of Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure the price paid by the user of transport reflects the carbon impact of that mode of transport chosen.

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Kerosene: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his reasoning is for not applying tax on kerosene used on passenger flights.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of carbon emitted per passenger traveling on a single journey from London to (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Manchester by (i) air, (ii) train and (iii) car.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve public awareness of organ donation.

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Biofuels: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in context of biomass fuel, what scientific advice his Department received when deciding that only 70 per cent of wood pellets would need to come from sustainable forests to quali

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Biofuels: Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the age bands of trees used to produce wood pellets for biomass power stations in (a) the UK and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber.

27 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the success of the covid-19 infection control measures in place in schools in the last six months.

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of safeguards to help ensure that children under the age of 16 are not accessing geek bar disposable vape devices.

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of potential harms caused by the use of geek bar disposable vape devices.

26 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria are used for declaring the NHS as overwhelmed at an unstainable level.

26 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making ingredient labelling on alcoholic drinks a legal requirement.

26 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Cider: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum juice content in HMRC's definition of cider from 35 per cent to 50 per cent for the purpose of taxation.

26 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Cider: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a progressive duty system for small cider producers.

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Carles Puigdemont

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to accept any request to extradite Carles Puidgemont to Spain in the event that he visits the UK in response to invitations from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.