Alex Sobel

6 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the changes to state aid rules as a result of the UK leaving the EU.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the potential risk of (a) suicide and (b) mental health issues among young people as a result of the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

6 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Crowdfunding: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential level of fraud in (a) peer to peer lending and (b) crowdfunding.

6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Crowdfunding: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have taken place for fraudulent peer to peer lending in 2019.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoo Animals Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the allocation of remaining funds from the £100 million Zoo Animals Fund after that fund's expiry on 29 January 2021.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoo Animals Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on the £100 million Zoo Animals Fund of (a) the fund expiry date of 29 January 2021, (b) the absence of a replacement and

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years settings have decided to close during the 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase vaccinations for frontline staff working in early years settings.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the national covid strategy for early years settings is implemented effectively at a local level.

30 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of financial support required by non-pub businesses affected by the hospitality curfew during the covid-19 outbreak.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing granularity into the covid-19 hospitality curfew system to distinguish the differing risk profiles of (a) pubs a

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has carried out a site-based covid-19 risk assessment of adult gaming centres.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether an impact assessment has been carried out on the inclusion of adult gaming centres in the covid-19 hospitality curfew.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the covid-19 transmission risk posed by gaming machines in (a) adult gaming centres, (b) pubs and (c) licensed betting offices.

15 Dec 2020 · Treasury

English Language: Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide the English Language Teaching sector with (a) tourism sector status or (b) business rates relief during the covid-19 pandemic.

14 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to engage with the Chinese Government to end the use of re-education camps in Xinjiang, in the context of protect detainees from covid-19.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Government Departments: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to include the business use of taxis and PHVs by the public sector in the next iteration of the Greening Government Commitments.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Government Departments: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in developing the framework for the 2021-25 Greening Government Commitments.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the public are protected from being the subject of abusive press content.

8 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) maintain the delivery of UK Aid to Syria and (b) secure a political solution to the conflict and (c) ensure the continuation of the

7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to contact frontline health and social care workers who do not work in an NHS setting in order for them to receive a covid-19 vaccination.

7 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance the Government has provided to Western Saharan refugees in Algeria.

7 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by Amnesty on 30 November 2020 in relation to human rights violations in Western Sahara; and

7 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding he has provided to Saharawi human rights defenders in Western Sahara.

3 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps people should take who wish to request a covid-19 test and who do not have internet access or an email address.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Video Games: T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to develop a T-Level for the Video Games Industry.

27 Nov 2020 · Women and Equalities

Bullying: Homophobia

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government still allocates funding to the Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Challenge Fund.

26 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Houses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason pubs cannot also be allowed to host rehearsals and streaming of events, with no audience, alongside theatres and arts venues whilst under covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

25 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will permit schools to provide remote teaching in the last week of the autumn 2020 term to allow for isolation periods before the start of the Christmas bubble period on 23 December 2020.

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Imperial College London: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Office for Students has taken in response to the report by Jane McNeill QC dated 25 August 2020 which found that bullying had taken place under the President and Chief Financial Officer of Imperi