Written questions
2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received reports of laboratories euthanising animals due to (a) staff working from home, self-isolating, being sick or furloughed and (b) reduced demand as a result of the c
20 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the effect of covid-19 on the running of animal laboratories, if she will hold discussions with owners of animal laboratories to ensure that an assessment of the potential merits of
20 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure that animals in laboratories are cared for and protected in the event that laboratory staff are self-isolating, sick, working from home or on reduced hours as a result of
20 Apr 2020 · Department for Education
Assessments: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that exam boards provide timely guidance to students on requirements for coursework once the covid-19 outbreak is over.
20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Abortion Act 1967 to allow one doctor, nurse or midwife to certify abortion procedures while the medical profession is under strain due t
24 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Telephone Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage non-essential call centres to shut down or work from home.
24 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Music Festivals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to provide financial assistance to the music industry for loss of revenue due to the cancellation of (a) concerts and (b) festivals during the covid-19 outbreak.
24 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) NHS Trusts have ordered covid-19 testing kits from Novacyt; and if he will make a statement.
24 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Driving: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether statutory minimum safety standard and maximum driving times for drivers of (a) HGVs and (b) passenger vehicles will be revised to support logistical operations for the covid-19 outbreak.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there will be an official ban on mass gatherings.
19 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Music: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend business rate relief to the music industry including (a) festivals, (b) promoters and (c) agents.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Music Festivals: Repayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the period of time that refunds must be paid to consumers for concerts and festivals in the event of cancellat
19 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether additional support will be provided to asylum seekers using ASPEN cards to ensure they have access to sufficient food and supplies during the covid-19 outbreak.
18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Rare Diseases: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance on social distancing published by Public Health England on 16 March 2020, whether patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases are considered as being at increase
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Supply: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to engage with food manufacturers and the food manufacturing supply chain to protect food availability.
17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 testing kits he has ordered from Biopanda Reagents.
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Music Festivals and Music Venues: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department plans to take to support organisers of (a) small music venues, (b) festivals and (c) other live music events (i) directly and (ii) indirectly effected by the co
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Licensed Premises: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether the Government has plans to ban the opening of (a) pubs, (b) clubs and (c) small music venues.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Businesses: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2020 to Question 25731 on Small Businesses: Coronavirus, how much of the £12 billion will be spent in Yorkshire and the Humber.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rural Development Programme: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2020 to Question 26167, how much of the £2.9 billion spending on agri-environment schemes was spent in Yorkshire and the Humber.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bees: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2020 to Question 26166 on Bees, what the cost was of establishing a UK-wide pollinator monitoring and research partnership.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2020 to Question 26166, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in bee colonies since 2009.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Trade Unions: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking with trade unions to inform workers in Yorkshire and the Humber of their workplace rights.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Trade Unions: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) support trade unions in Yorkshire and the Humber.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: GMB
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings his Department had with representatives from the GMB union in each year from 2010 to 2020.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Media: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage private media companies in Yorkshire and the Humber to become carbon neutral.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the BBC to become carbon neutral.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Video on Demand
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the BBC in competing with (a) Amazon, (b) Hulu, (c) Netflix and (d) other foreign private streaming services.
16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Accountability
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to make the BBC more democratically accountable.
16 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Cooperatives: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many co-operative businesses closed in Yorkshire and the Humber each year from 2010 to 2020.
Source: official written-questions record.