Alex Sobel

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to increase (a) funding to and (b) financial investment in the arts.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional financial support he plans to allocate to the arts sector to protect (a) salaried and (b) freelance workers.

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tattooing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons tattoo shops, in which personal protective equipment, non re-usable needles are used and strict hygiene standards apply, are included in the same category as hair

17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will extend payments to student nurses from 31 July 2020 to the end of September 2020.

17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contacts the NHS Test and Trace scheme has received on average each day since its introduction.

17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the track and trace scheme.

15 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the advice provided on shielding is the same on both the Gov.uk and the NHS information websites.

15 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 55019, on Waste Disposal: Applications, whether US fire fighting services use fire fighting foam containing (a) PFBS, (b) PFHpA, (c) PFHxS, (d) PFOS and (e) PFOA m

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools and teachers on dealing with children refusing to abide by two metre social distancing requirements.

10 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the number of jobs in the UK's hydrogen sector.

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to (a) cannabis-based medicines and (b) unlicensed medicinal products for children with severe and treatment-resistant conditions where clinically appropri

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations contained in the report published by NHS England and NHS Improvement, entitled Barriers to accessing cannabis-based product

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including cannabis-based medicines in the remit of the proposed Innovative Medicines Fund.

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into cannabis-based medicines for epilepsy.

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for (a) Epidyolex and (b) unlicensed cannabis-based medicines were issued for people with epilepsy by the NHS in each month since November 2018.

5 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 18 December 2019, All nursing students on courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need t

4 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Waste Disposal: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether fire service crews on US military bases in the UK use firefighting foam containing PFAS.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Waste Disposal: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of EU plans to establish a Clean Hydrogen Alliance; and whether he is taking steps to ensure that UK busines

4 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Hydrogen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on UK industry of EU plans for large-scale investment in green hydrogen.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Hydrogen Fuelling Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he (a) has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of EU plans (i) for large-scale investment in green hydrogen and (ii) to increase the number of hydrogen refueling stations and (b) pla

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that public transport remains accessible for blind and partially sighted people during every stage of the covid-19 lockdown.

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that when possible the NHS procures personal protective equipment from local small and medium-sized enterprises.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support schools in helping (a) pupils in (i) reception and (ii) year 1 and (b) other younger pupils to socially distance when their school reopens during the covid-19 outbreak

4 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that housing developers follow planning regulations and are granted permission to build only structures that meet planning standards as a result

2 Jun 2020 · Department for International Trade

Riot Control Weapons: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will revoke existing licences to export riot gear to the US.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for International Trade

Riot Control Weapons: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the current status is of export licenses to the US for anti-riot gear.

2 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure a refund for the 400,000 units of defective personal protective equipment imported from Turkey.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) accuracy and (b) reliability of covid-19 modelling commissioned by his Department.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason why the Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has requested that laboratories pause processing self-collect finger-prick blood samples for covid-19 antibody testing.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the guidance for people with heart disease is updated to include the effects of covid-19 on heart disease sufferers.